Castles of the United Kingdom

[Neon Knight]

Well you have to pay 6,5£ to enter if you want to picnic lol

And then it will rain!

[Graham]

---

Stirling Castle -- Stirlingshire

---

[Neon Knight]

---

Kennilworth Castle -- Warwickshire

---

Again, I've already done it. I'm going in rough alphabetical order, E & W then Scotland. If you stick to the Scottish castles you'll save me some work

[♥ Lily ♥]

I like this thread.

[Aodhan]

I have a picture of Arundel Castle hung on my wall, it is a view from the lake's side

[Neon Knight]

Time for some complementary music:

[Marusya]

I have a framed photo of Snape Castle. Snape is a large village in the civil parish of Snape with Thorp in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, located about 3 miles (5 km) south of Bedale and 3 miles west of the A1, it has a population of 350. Nearby is Thorp Perrow Arboretum. The name is Old Norse for a boggy tract of uncultivated land.

Snape castle was originally built c1430, when Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland gave Snape to his younger son, George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer. The second Lord Latimer was still only a minor when he inherited and the castle was held for a short while by Richard III. The third Lord Latimer was the second husband of Catherine Parr, later Queen of England. The daughter of the fourth Lord Latimer married Sir Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and the castle thus passed into the hands of the Cecil family.

Sir Thomas largely rebuilt the castle in the 16th century, adding the four towers, and transforming the building into an Elizabethan dwelling house. As the Cecils concentrated on their Burghley Park mansion Snape was left to deteriorate before being purchased by William Milbank in 1798. It was later divided into two domestic premises before being reunited as one home in 2003.

A bit of informtion about Snape Village: http://www.snapenorthyorkshire.co.uk/aboutsnape.html
KATHERINE PARR: LADY LATIMER (Latymer) OF SNAPE CASTLE: https://tudorqueen6.com/2012/09/22/k...-snape-castle/

For the trivial minded: Alan Rickman played the character Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films. He attended Latymer Upper School.

Ruins of Snape Castle


Another view of Snape Castle


The sheep seem to love Snape Castle


The Chapel at Snape Castle where Lady Parr would have worshipped

[LouisFerdinand]

Inveraray Castle is near Inveraray in the county of Argyll in western Scotland. It has been the seat of the Dukes of Argyll since the 1700s.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/125045327130953082
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/476044623082901250

[Ujku]

Oh man these castles remind me of Stronghold crusader ( a game i used to play when i was a kid) .

Amazing castles man.

[♥ Lily ♥]

Castle hotels across the UK: http://www.historic-uk.com/CastleHotels/