1260s – Castle Roche, Co. Louth
Castle Roche is one of the lesser known but more dramatic Norman Castles in Ireland. Sited on a rocky hilltop, the castle controlled a pass into Armagh.
Castle Roche is one of the lesser known but more dramatic Norman Castles in Ireland. Sited on a rocky hilltop, the castle controlled a pass into Armagh.
Cromwell’s artillery left very little of the 13th century Castletown castle in the 1650s. Two storeys partially remain (with a 3-storey spiral stairway) of this 13th Century castle.
Harlech Castle, begun in 1283 by Edward I of England, captured by Owen Glendower,
The town is best known for its great stone castle, built by Edward I of England and consequently seen as a symbol of English domination.
Grannagh Castle is located on the northern bank of the river Suir just outside Waterford City. Believed to have been built by le Poers who had been granted the whole of Waterford and southern portion of Kilkenny after the Norman invasion in 1169.
Baggotrath Castle was built in the late thirteenth century, in the vicinity of what is now Upper Baggot Street. It was largely destroyed on the eve of the Battle of Rathmines during English Civil War (1649) when it was considered a prize possession for military power in Dublin.
The Castelo de Sao Jorge stands above the center of Lisbon to the east. The origins of this former fortress date back to an Iron Age settlement on this site,
Begun by Jaume II in 1300 and built by Pere Salva, the architect of the Almudaina Palace,
Illustrated as largely intact in 1794, the castle is now much decayed. Probably built after the previous castle was burned in 1315,
The site of the castle was probably first occupied in the Iron Age, although the first documented record comes from the 6th Century.
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