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Castles, Palaces & Stately Homes

Peveril Castle is a medieval building overlooking the village of Castleton, with views across the Hope Valley and Cave Dale.
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Nottingham Castle is located in a commanding position on "Castle Rock", in Nottingham, with cliffs 130 feet high to the south and west.
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St Catherine's Castle is a small fort which was commissioned by Henry VIII during the 1530's.
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Wolvesey Castle is a ruined castle, which was was built in the 12th century by the Bishop of Winchester Henry of Blois.
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Balvenie Castle is a ruined castle, built in the 12th century by the powerful Comyn family, & extended & altered in the 15th and 16th C.
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Brougham Castle was founded by Robert de Vieuxpont in the early 13th century on the site of a Roman fort.
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The Roman site at Burgh is part of a series of forts along the Roman ‘Saxon Shore’, the stretch of coast between the Solent & the Wash.
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Camber Castle is one of Henry VIII's Device Forts built to protect the huge Rye anchorage.
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Cardoness Castle is a well-preserved 15th Century tower house. It was originally owned by the MacCulloch family of Galloway.
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Carew Castle is a Norman castle with its origins in a stone keep built by Gerald de Windsor around the year 1100.
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Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle in the village of Carisbrooke, on the Isle of Wight.
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Castle Fraser is the most elaborate Z-plan castle in Scotland. The castle grounds include landscaped grounds, woodland and a kitchen garden.
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The Castle of Old Wick, (or the Old Man of Wick) which was built in the 12th century, is the best preserved Norse Castle in Scotland.
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Castle Sinclair Girnigoe considered to be one of the earliest seats of Clan Sinclair, built by William Sinclair, around 1480.
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Crathes Castle is a 16th century harled castle built by the Burnetts of Leys and was held by that family for almost 400 years.
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Crichton Castle is a ruined castle built by John de Crichton as his main family home, in the late 14th century.
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Delgatie Castle as it is today was built in the 1570s on the site of an earlier castle. Additional wings and a chapel were added in 1743.
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For centuries, Drum Castle was the seat of the chief of Clan Irvine.
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Duffus Castle was originally a motte-and-bailey castle, and was in use from 1140 to 1705. During its life it underwent many alterations.
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Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress on a rocky headland. The buildings that survive today are mostly of the 15th–16th centuries.
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