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Castles, Palaces & Stately Homes

Bothwell Castle is a large 13th century castle, situated on a high, steep bank, above a bend in the River Clyde.
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Cadzow Castle, now in ruins, was constructed between 1500 and 1550 on the site of an earlier royal castle, in Hamilton, Scotland.
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Caerlaverock Castle is one of Scotland’s great medieval fortresses built in the 13th Century.
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Caernarfon Castle, built by Edward 1st of England, is possibly the most famous of Wales's castles with its sheer scale & commanding presence
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Caerphilly Castle is the largest castle in Wales and the second largest in Britain after Windsor Castle.
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Caldicot, an extensive stone medieval castle, is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
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Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built on the remains of a genuine 13th-century fortification.
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Castle Campbell was built in the late 1600s and was originally known as Castle Gloom
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The Castle Newcastle was built by Henry II between 1168-1178 at a cost of £1,444.
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Urquhart Castle, one of Scotland's biggest castles, sits on the banks of Loch Ness in Inverness in Scotland.
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Castle Law is best known for the Iron Age hillfort on its slopes. It is m consisted of a timber palisade, ramparts and ditches.
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Chepstow Castle in a spectacular setting on top of cliffs overlooking the River Wye is the oldest surviving stone fortification in Britain.
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Chillingham Castlewas the seat of the Grey family and their descendants the Earls of Tankerville from the 13th century through to the 1980s.
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Completed in 1310, Chirk is the last Welsh castle from the reign of Edward I still lived in today.
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Conwy castle is a gritty, dark stoned fortress which evokes an authentic medieval atmosphere built, for about £15000, between 1283 and 1289.
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Through much of its history Corgarff has been of strategic importance, guarding the quickest route from Deeside to Speyside.
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The tower house, one of the oldest in Scotland, with fascinating features, including a fine great hall and the ‘Queen Mary’s room".
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Criccieth Castle was built by Llywelyn the Great of the kingdom of Gwynedd but it was heavily modified by Edward I in 1283.
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Dirleton Castle has graced the heart of Dirleton since the 13th century. For 400 years, it served as the residence of three noble families.
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Dolwyddelan was built between about 1210 and 1240 by by Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd and North Wales.
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