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In the ninth and tenth centuries, castles were often built of wood and easily burned down by enemies. As unrest spread across ...

From a baronial-style mansion in the Scottish Highlands with its own trout fishing loch to a Lake Como escape with guesthouse ...

Scotland boasts over 1,000 castles, more than anywhere else in the UK. These structures, spanning centuries, symbolize ...

The current incarnation was only recalled to life after the ruins of a former motte and bailey castle were purchased in the 1970s. The owner set about reconstructing the original with as much ...

Although a small number of castles had been built in England in the 1050s, the Normans began to build motte and bailey and ringwork castles in large numbers to control their newly occupied territories ...

Aaaah, the craic. There’s a kind of magic in the air in Ireland – it’s in the accent, in the music in the pubs, in the poetry ...

It was Marshal who transformed Pembroke Castle into the stone stronghold that endures to this day. After Marshal, the castle ...