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Pembroke Castle

Pembroke Castle stands on Wales’ southwestern coast a historic Norman fortification dating back to the 12th century. The...

River Wales Norman Keep

8.6 Great

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Kilkenny Castle

Kilkenny Castle stands as a significant historical landmark within Ireland’s city of Kilkenny. Originally constructed in...

Restored Ireland City Norman

8.6 Great

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Belvoir Castle

Belvoir Castle is a prominent 19th-century stately home situated in Leicestershire, England, overlooking the Vale of Bel...

English Residence Ducal Hilltop

8.5 Great

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Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle stands as a dramatic ruin on an Isle of Wight hilltop. Originally constructed by William the Conqueror arou...

England Norman Ruin Hilltop

8.4 Great

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Lincoln Castle

Lincoln Castle stands as a significant historical landmark in Lincoln, England. Constructed by William the Conqueror in...

England Museum Walls Norman

8.3 Great

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Durham Castle

Durham Castle stands as one of Britain’s most significant medieval structures. Constructed by William the Conqueror star...

England College Unesco Norman

8.3 Great

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Chepstow Castle

Chepstow Castle stands as one of Britain’s oldest and most complete castles. Constructed by William Marshal, Earl of Pem...

River Wales Norman Ruin

8.3 Great

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Rochester Castle

Rochester Castle stands as one of England’s finest examples of Norman military architecture. Constructed in the early tw...

England Norman Ruin Keep

8.2 Great

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Sissinghurst Castle

Sissinghurst Castle is a historic estate in Kent, England, known primarily for the garden created there by writer Vita S...

Kent English Tudor Gardens

8.1 Great

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Almourol Castle

Almourol Castle is a medieval fortress located on a small islet in the middle of the Tagus River in central Portugal. Th...

12TH Century Portugal Ruins Templar

8.1 Great

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Dunster Castle

Dunster Castle is a historic fortification and country house located in the village of Dunster in Somerset, England, ove...

Medieval Somerset English Tudor

8.0 Great

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Colchester Castle

Colchester Castle is a historic medieval fortification located in Essex, England, constructed by the Normans around 1076...

England Essex Museum Norman

8.0 Great

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Castello Normanno-Svevo di Bari

The Castello Normanno-Svevo, or Norman-Swabian Castle, is a medieval fortress located near the historic center of Bari i...

Italy Coastal Medieval Museum

7.8 Good

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Orford Castle

Orford Castle is a 12th-century royal castle at Orford in Suffolk, England, built for Henry II between 1165 and 1173. It...

Coastal 12TH Century English Polygonal

7.6 Good

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Conisbrough Castle

Conisbrough Castle is a medieval fortification located in South Yorkshire, England. Its most prominent feature is a dist...

England 12TH Century Yorkshire Norman

7.6 Good

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Clifford's Tower

Clifford's Tower is the surviving stone keep of York Castle, a royal fortress established by William the Conqueror in 10...

English York Norman Hilltop

7.4 Good

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Farnham Castle

Farnham Castle is a medieval castle in Farnham, Surrey, founded in 1138 by Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester. Its ele...

Medieval English Surrey Norman

7.4 Good

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Carrickfergus Castle

Carrickfergus Castle is a Norman castle in Northern Ireland, built in 1177 by John de Courcy, serving as a strategic mil...

Coastal 12TH Century Norman Intact

7.1 Good

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Restormel Castle

Restormel Castle is a well-preserved Norman motte-and-bailey fortification in Cornwall, England, built in the 13th centu...

English Circular Cornwall Norman

6.6 Fair

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Launceston Castle

Launceston Castle is a medieval fortification in Cornwall, England, originally built by Brian of Brittany shortly after...

Medieval English Cornwall Norman

6.4 Fair