The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria

Arden Campbelltown Mote Nr Twynholm Dumfries and Galloway Scotland This small hill fort, about half a mile West of Twynholm, took...

The Doon Hill,  Twynholm Dumfries and Galloway Scotland The Doon Hill can be found to the West of Twynholm, overlooking Twynholm ...

Twynholm Motte Twynholm Dumfries and Galloway Scotland It's taken three visits to this tiny village to find the motte, and no...

Duke of Gloucester Inn Penrith Cumbria A recent visit to Penrith prompted me to investigate the Duke of Gloucester a little closer, esp...

Lancaster Castle I've taken a few more photos of Lancaster and decided to post them here for you, especially seeing as how popular ...

Roman Bath House and wall, Lancaster, Lancashire The scant remains of the Roman bath house and the rubble remains of the wall can be found l...

Burneside Hall Burneside Near Kendal Cumbria I first visited Burneside Hall in April of 2005...in fact, it was the first pele tow...

Eileen Donan Castle Near Dornie Kyle of Lochalsh Eileen Donan Castle was renstored between 1919 and 1932 by Lt. Col. John MacRae-Gi...

Low Borrowbridge Roman Fort - 2011 archaeological dig Near Tebay Cumbria In July of 2011, the Lunesdale Archaeological Society man...

Lindisfarne Priory Holy Island Northumberland Described as a 'fortified ecclesiastical' site by the Gatehouse website , the Grade ...

Lindisfarne Castle Northumberland The tiny castle of Lindisfarne, sits on the top of a rocky outcrop at the South Eastern tip of Holy...

Dunstanburgh Castle Northumberland Above. Dunstanburgh from South . Photo courtesy of Malcolm Booker.

Bamburgh Castle Northumberland Above. Bamburgh castle from the beach to the East . Above. Bamburgh Castle from the East . Above. Modern and ...