Peter Orr Photography/Getty Images. The “real” Downtown Abbey, Highclere was built in the late 17th century, making it one of England’s youngest major castles. It is also indisputably one of ...

For centuries, Great Britain's castles were the literal and political high points of their communities. Designed to keep people out, today these formidable structures are wide open to visitors and ...

Britain's built heritage is a huge asset and one of our major strengths as a tourism destination. Looking forward, we are capitalising on this forte by upping our promotional activity in key ...

Chepstow was a Norman castle, he told us, built in an effort to control the Welsh, adding that construction began less than a year after William the Conqueror was crowned king of England in 1066.

Castles: Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain Marc Morris. Pegasus, $27.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-68177-359-9 ...

To see Britain in its full glory, you have to see its castles - around 4,000 were built in England alone since the Norman conquest, each one unique. Those that still exist, whether perfectly preserved ...

Like many castles, Arundel was built on a historic site — an 11th-century motte-and-bailey castle (with a keep on a mound). But what we see today is the fancy of a fabulously wealthy nobleman in ...

Worcestershire author Terry Wardle says the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded that, in early September 1051, "the French had built a castle", the first Norman castle in England.