swap_horiz Carlisle Castle Alternatives

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Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle stands as Britain’s oldest and largest occupied castle. Constructed initially by William the Conqueror fo...

England Medieval Royal Residence

9.7 Brilliant

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Dover Castle

Dover Castle is a medieval fortress in Kent, England, built up by Henry II in the 1180s and known for commanding the sho...

England Coastal Medieval Fortress

9.4 Excellent

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Bamburgh Castle

Bamburgh Castle is a coastal fortress in Northumberland, England, on the site of the Anglo-Saxon royal stronghold of Beb...

England Coastal Medieval Northumbria

9.3 Excellent

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Warwick Castle

Warwick Castle is a medieval castle in Warwickshire, England, founded by William the Conqueror in 1068 and later rebuilt...

England Medieval River Tourism

9.2 Excellent

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Hohensalzburg Fortress

Hohensalzburg Fortress is Salzburg's medieval citadel in Austria, begun in 1077 and among Europe's largest preserved cas...

Austria Medieval Fortress Salzburg

9.1 Excellent

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Alnwick Castle

Alnwick Castle is a Northumberland castle and seat of the Percy family since 1309, noted as one of England's largest inh...

England Medieval Northumbria Ducal

9.0 Excellent

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Leeds Castle

Leeds Castle is a moated castle in Kent, England, associated with six medieval queens and rebuilt on islands in a lake f...

England Medieval Estate Moated

8.8 Great

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Kenilworth Castle

Kenilworth Castle is a ruined fortress in Warwickshire, England, expanded by John of Gaunt and transformed for Elizabeth...

England Medieval Elizabethan Ruin

8.8 Great

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Bodiam Castle

Bodiam Castle is a moated 14th-century castle in East Sussex, England, built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge during th...

England Medieval Moated Ruin

8.6 Great

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Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle is a restored medieval castle in West Sussex, England, founded in 1067 and long held by the Howard dukes...

England Medieval Gothic Ducal

8.6 Great

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Château de Pierrefonds

Château de Pierrefonds is a medieval castle in northern France, extensively rebuilt by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc for Napoleo...

France Medieval Revival Fortress

8.6 Great

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Cahir Castle

Cahir Castle is a large medieval fortress in County Tipperary, Ireland, held by the Butler family and notable for its de...

Medieval Ireland River Fortress

8.5 Great

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Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle

Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle is a Ukrainian fortress guarding a Smotrych River canyon, long central to the defense of Podo...

Canyon Medieval Fortress Ukraine

8.5 Great

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Château de Fougères

Château de Fougères is a medieval fortress in Brittany, France, with 13 towers and one of the largest surviving castle c...

France Medieval Fortress Brittany

8.4 Great

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Olavinlinna

Olavinlinna is a Finnish lake fortress founded in 1475 by Erik Axelsson Tott to guard Sweden's eastern frontier against...

Lake Medieval Fortress Finland

8.4 Great

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Stokesay Castle

Stokesay Castle is a fortified manor house in Shropshire, England, built in the late 13th century by wealthy wool mercha...

England Medieval Timber Fortified Manor

8.3 Great

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Ludlow Castle

Ludlow Castle is a medieval fortress in Shropshire, England, founded after the Norman Conquest and later seat of the Cou...

England Medieval Ruin Marches

8.2 Great

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Château de Bonaguil

Château de Bonaguil is a fortified castle in southwest France, enlarged around 1480-1510 and often cited as a late medie...

France Medieval Fortress Ruin

8.2 Great

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Goodrich Castle

Goodrich Castle is a medieval fortress in Herefordshire, England, known for its well-preserved 12th-century keep and Civ...

England Medieval Border Ruin

7.9 Good

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Carisbrooke Castle

Carisbrooke Castle is a fortress on the Isle of Wight, England, known as the place where Charles I was imprisoned before...

England Medieval Fortress Isle Of Wight

7.8 Good