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Caerlaverock Castle

his castle, built on the Scottish side of the Solway Firth boasts an unusual design. It is triangular in shape with round towers at each of the three corners. There being two round towers and a drawbridge across the moat at the corner of the main entrance. The combined entrance towers were the strongest part of the castle.

Caister Castle

Location: 52.650404 1.70175

uilt by Sir John Fastolf in around 1440. Sir John was an English knight who made his fortune by capturing and ransoming a French knight. With his money he built Caister Castle, one of the first brick built castles in England. The castle consists of two enclosures that were surrounded by a water filled moat supplied with water by the river Bure. The best remaining part of the castle is a tall round tower.

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Year	Month	Details
1440		Construction of Caister Castle
		Caister Castle, in Norfolk just north of Great Yarmouth, was built around this time by Sir Jon Fastolf. Casiter is one of the first brick built castles in England.¹

Caldicot Castle

Location: 51.593135 -2.742327

his large castle in located about five miles to the south west of Chepstow in South Wales and was built in around 1130 by Walter Fitzroger a Norman. A series of untimely deaths and male heirs becoming monks led to the castle being passed to Walter's granddaughter Margaret. Margaret married Humphrey de Bohun who took control of the castle. The Bohun family improved the structure of the castle over the years that they controlled it. Caldicot became a property of Thomas of Woodstock, the son of Edward I, when Thomas married the female heir of the castle. Thomas built the Woodstock Tower and the Great Gatehouse.

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Thomas (of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester)

Cambridge Castle

Location: 52.211953 0.11479

motte and bailey castle was built on the north side of the River Cam in 1068 by the Normans. Now only the mound can be seen.

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Year	Month	Details
1068		Construction of Cambridge Castle
		The Normans built a motte and bailey castle on the north side of the River Cam.¹

Carlisle Castle

Location: 54.897223 -2.94207

he location where Carlisle Castle is built had been used as a defensive site long before the medieval castle builders came along. The site was a Roman fort and before that possibly a Saxon stronghold. The first medieval castle was built in around 1092 during the reign of William II. The keep and walls were erected by Henry I in the twelfth century. In 1568 Mary Queen of Scots was held as a prisoner at Carlisle.

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Carrickfergus Castle

Location: 54.7132 -5.8063

Built by John de Courcy, a Norman knight, who invaded Ulidia (Ulster) in 1177 and took control.

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Year	Month	Details
1177		Construction of Carrickfergus Castle
		Carrickfergus Castle was built by John de Courcy, the Norman knight who invaded and conquered the Irish region of Ulidia (Ulster).²
1642	Apr	Robert Monro attacks the Irish
		Robert Monro and a force of some two thousand Scottish soldiers landed in Ireland at Carrickfergus to put down the Irish rebellion. ³

Cilgerran Castle

Location: 52.056982 -4.634169 (SN19504310)

his Welsh castle is situated in the north of Pembrokeshire. The castle was built in around 1100 by the Norman Gerald of Windsor and he built it on rocks overlooking the River Teifi. The castle was captured by the Welsh ruler Lord Rhys in 1164. It was recaptured for the English in 1204 by William Marshall.

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Year	Month	Details
1109		Abduction of Princess Nest
		Nest, the wife of Gerald de Windsor, was abducted along with her children possibly from Cilgerrran Castle. She was abducted by one of her own relatives, Owain ap Cadwgan.
1136		Battle of Crug Mawr
		The Normans were defeated in battle at Crug Mawr, south west Wales, by a Welsh army. Cilgerran Castle then fell to the Welsh.
1171		Cardiganshire granted to Lord Rhys
		Henry II granted territories of south Wales including Cardiganshire to Rhys, the Prince of Wales.⁴
1204		William Marshall captures Cilgerran
		William Marshall captured the Welsh castle at Cilgerran in Pembrokeshire from the Welsh.
1215		Llewellyn captures Cilgerran Castle
		Llewellyn's fight against the Normans continued with the capture of Cilgerran Castle.⁵
1223		Cilgerran Castle recaptured
		William Marshall, the younger, recaptured the castle at Cilgerran from Llewelyn ap Iorwerth.

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Gruffydd, Rhys ap (Lord Rhys)

Compton Castle

Location: (SX86506480)

his is a fortified manor house dating back to 1329 is located in south Devon. Built by Geoffrey Gilbert, the house has remained in the Gilbert family since then. It is open to the public and is a National Trust property.

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