Our coast has also been our first line of defence. This means around the UK coastline, we have the remains of castles and forts offering a glimpse into the country’s medieval and military past.
Location is everything, and visiting a castle will also get you out in some of the most spectacular and breathtaking locations.
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Popular Castles and Forts
North Elmham Chapel, also known as North Elmham Bishops Castle and North Elmham Bishops Chapel, is a castle ruin in Read more…
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Burgh Castle, stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd-century ‘Saxon Shore’ fort. Views over Breydon Water, Read more…
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Castle Acre castle, founded soon after the Conquest by the first William de Warenne, initially as a stone ‘country house’. Read more…
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Castle Rising Castle completed around 1140 AD by the Norman lord William d’Albini for his new wife, the widow of Read more…
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Extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th-century manor house. Read more…
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Caister Roman Site, the partially excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building Read more…
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