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Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle sits atop Castle Rock, a volcanic crag overlooking Edinburgh. It’s one of Scotland's oldest fortified s...

Scotland Royal Fortress Hilltop

9.6 Brilliant

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Stirling Castle

Stirling Castle is a major Scottish royal fortress above the River Forth, notable for its Renaissance palace and links t...

Renaissance Scotland Royal Fortress

9.2 Excellent

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Dunnottar Castle

Dunnottar Castle is a ruined cliff-top fortress near Stonehaven, Scotland, notable for sheltering the Honours of Scotlan...

Scotland Coastal Clifftop Ruin

9.1 Excellent

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Château de Chantilly

Château de Chantilly is a French château commissioned after 1875 by Henri d'Orléans and home to the Musée Condé art coll...

Renaissance France Estate Museum

9.1 Excellent

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Château de Villandry

Château de Villandry is a Loire Valley château in France, completed around 1536 by Jean Le Breton and noted for its Rena...

Renaissance France Loire Gardens

9.0 Excellent

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Bojnice Castle

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Romantic Estate Museum Slovakia

8.9 Great

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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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Eilean Donan Castle

Eilean Donan Castle is a restored island castle in the Scottish Highlands, notable as a Clan MacRae stronghold rebuilt i...

Scotland Island Revival Highlands

8.8 Great

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Château de Cheverny

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Classical France Estate Loire

8.8 Great

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Hluboká Castle

Hluboká Castle is a Czech château rebuilt in 1841-1871 by the Schwarzenberg family in a Neo-Gothic style inspired by Win...

Estate Czechia Neo Gothic Bohemia

8.7 Great

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Urquhart Castle

Urquhart Castle is a ruined fortress on Loch Ness in Scotland, notable for its role in medieval conflicts and its promin...

Scotland Medieval Ruin Lochness

8.6 Great

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Caerlaverock Castle

Caerlaverock Castle is a triangular moated castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, notable for its distinctive plan a...

Scotland Triangular Moated Ruin

8.5 Great

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Dunrobin Castle

Dunrobin Castle is a Sutherland seat in northern Scotland, notable for its French-style towers and 19th-century remodell...

Scotland Estate Highlands Baronial

8.5 Great

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Miramare Castle

Miramare Castle is a 19th century seaside residence in Trieste, Italy, built from 1856 to 1860 for Archduke Ferdinand Ma...

Italy Coastal Estate Habsburg

8.5 Great

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Glamis Castle

Glamis Castle is a historic castle in Angus, Scotland, notable as the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother...

Scotland Royal Residence Tower House

8.4 Great

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Doune Castle

Doune Castle is a medieval stronghold near Stirling, Scotland, notable for its late 14th-century courtyard plan built fo...

Scotland Medieval Film Courtyard

8.4 Great

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Balmoral Castle

Balmoral Castle is a Scottish Highland residence bought by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1852, notable as a privat...

Scotland Estate Royal Baronial

8.3 Great

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Inveraray Castle

Inveraray Castle is an 18th-century Gothic Revival seat in Argyll, Scotland, notable as the ancestral home of the Dukes...

Scotland Gothic Ducal Loch

8.3 Great

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Bunratty Castle

Bunratty Castle is a large 15th-century tower house in County Clare, Ireland, built around 1425 and restored in the 20th...

Medieval Ireland Tower House Folk Park

8.3 Great

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Blarney Castle

Blarney Castle is a medieval stronghold near Cork, Ireland, notable for the Blarney Stone set in its battlements and a 1...

Medieval Ireland Tourism Tower House

8.2 Great