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Dirleton Castle (UK)

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Lothian, Scotland, ruins of a romantic castle; destroyed in 1650; fine gardens Dirleton Castle is one of the few proper Medieval Castles still remaining today which most people would consider… Read More »Dirleton Castle (UK)

Dover Castle in Kent

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Dover Castle was built on the White Cliffs in 12th century; a 75 metre deep well; a view across the Channel.

The Anglo-Saxon church beside it was once probably part of a Saxon fortified settlement: very soon after his victory at Hastings in 1066, this was converted by William the Conqueror into a Norman earthwork and timber-stockaded castle.

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