Tomlinson-Online - Castles of Scotland, Ireland & Wales

Some of the most romantic castles in the world are found in the Celtic nations on the northwestern fringes of Europe. These strongholds may now largely be ruined, but in their dilapidation they have gained an air of mystery and beauty. The people they once protected are gone, the borders they guarded have dissolved, the fragile communities and wooden buildings that built up around them have been dismantled. Only the castles, centuries on, remain – proof of how robustly they were constructed in the first place. From the tip of southern Ireland to northern Scotland, from castles maintained over the centuries to ones that are now mere ruins, Castles of Scotland, Ireland & Wales celebrates the stories behind more than 100 strongholds. In these we find tales of religious dissent, of English Parliamentarians attacking Irish Catholic refuges, of warring Scottish clans, of the Welsh fighting for independence. And in the buildings we find such curiosities as Britain’s only triangular castle or the hiding place for the Scottish crown jewels. With 150 outstanding colour photographs, Castles of Scotland, Ireland & Wales is a brilliant pictorial examination of worlds gone by.

Introduction HILLFORTS Chun Hill Fort, Cornwall, England British Camp, Herefordshire, England Maiden Castle, Dorset, England Cadbury Castle, Somerset, England Carl Wark Hill Fort, Peak District National Park, England Dunbeg Fort, County Kerry, Ireland Staigue Stone Fort, County Kerry, Ireland EARLY MIDDLE AGES Tretower Castle, Powys, Wales Peel Castle, Isle of Man Launceston Castle, Cornwall, England Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales Coity Castle, Glamorgan, Wales Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland Cahir Castle, County Tipperary, Ireland Trim Castle, County Meath, Ireland Dolbadarn Castle, Gwynedd, Wales Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland St Andrews Castle, Fife, Scotland Restormel Castle, Cornwall, England Castle Rushen, Isle of Man Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales Narberth Castle, West Wales Malahide Castle, Dublin, Ireland Fort-la-Latte, Brittany, France Dunlough Castle, County Cork, Ireland King John’s Castle, Limerick, Ireland Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales Dolwyddelan Castle, Conwy, Wales Criccieth Castle, Gwynedd, Wales Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, England Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Duich, Scotland Castell Dinas Bran, Denbighshire, Wales Neidpath Castle, Scottish Borders, Scotland Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan, Wales Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Aberystwyth Castle, Ceredigion, Wales Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Scotland Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales Inverlochy Castle, Highlands, Scotland Denbigh Castle, Denbighshire, Wales Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales Harlech Castle, Gwynedd, Wales Achadun Castle, Isle of Lismore, Scotland Spynie Castle, Moray, Scotland Beaumaris Castle, Isle of Anglesey, Wales LATE MIDDLE AGES Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland MacDuff Castle, Fife, Scotland Mugdock Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland Dunscaith Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland Pennard Castle, Gower Peninsula, Wales Urquhart Castle, Highlands of Scotland Château de Dinan, Côtes-d’Armor, Brittany, France Château de Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland Castle Tioram, Eilean Tioram Island, Scotland Llawhaden Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales Threave Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Strome Castle, Highlands of Scotland Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland Château de Tonquédec, Brittany, France Dunnottar Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Doune Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland Duntulm Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland Kilchurn Castle, Argyll and Bute, Scotland Bunratty Castle, County Clare, Ireland Castle Stalker, Argyll, Scotland Blackness Castle, Falkirk, Scotland Auchindoun Castle, Moray, Scotland Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, Caithness, Scotland Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales Donegal Castle, County Donegal, Ireland EARLY MODERN ERA Glenbuchat Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Dunure Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland Balvaird Castle, Perthshire, Scotland Doonagore Castle, County Clare, Ireland Blarney Castle, County Cork, Ireland Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Kisimul Castle, Outer Hebrides, Scotland Lochranza Castle, Isle of Arran, Scotland Ross Castle, County Kerry, Ireland Kinbane Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Corgarff Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Minard Castle, County Kerry, Ireland Gylen Castle, Argyll and Bute, Scotland Ardvreck Castle, Sutherland, Scotland New Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Keiss Castle, Sutherland, Scotland Enniskillen Castle, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Parke’s Castle, County Leitrim, Northern Ireland Monea Castle, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Tully Castle, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Birr Castle, County Offaly, Ireland Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Braemar Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Fraser Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Dunguaire Castle, County Galway, Ireland Ashford Castle, County Galway, Ireland Carn Brea Castle, Cornwall, England MODERN TIMES Glenveagh Castle, County Donegal, Ireland Culzean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd, Wales Tower of Refuge, Douglas Bay, Isle of Man Inverness Castle, Inverness, Scotland Château Costaérès, Côtes d’Armor, Brittany, France Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Castell Coch, Tongwynlais, Wales Glengorm Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland