Taping the knowledge of NSC......Castles?

[CheeseRolls]

Not a plug for this thread, but worth a mention. A few years back we visited Camber Castle, which on the face of it is pretty uninspiring, except it is a pleasant walk from Rye and the couple who do the tour (if you can call it that) are knowledgeable, passionate and engaging. To call it a tour is more than a slight exaggeration, but we had a lovely chat and I learnt a lot. £3 for adults, free for Under 16s.

 

[CheeseRolls]

The best complete castle is Gormenghast which was inspired by Arundel Castle. Mervyn Peake lived in Burpham and was buried there.

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Personally, have always favoured Bramber, which is great to walk around and imagine what it was like. There's a sort of historical justice associated with the ruins of Norman Castles.

When my two were young we had many a picnic at Bramber Castle. A great spot for a game of mini cricket and plenty to explore inside and outside the walls.

 

[LargeHadronZugzwang]

When my two were young we had many a picnic at Bramber Castle. A great spot for a game of mini cricket and plenty to explore inside and outside the walls.

May have done some fielding and thrown the ball back! My Father drove us there many a time. Also fond memories walking around the curious 'House of Pipes' Museum in the village.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Peever, there is a huge variation in what to see from Windsor [and others] that are still inhabited and maintained to very high standards, to other "castles" that are a ruin of not much more than a few pieces of rock.

Do you have a specific target for the types of castle you wish to visit?

 

[wehatepalace]

In Wales these two are my favourites.

Pembroke Castle



Manorbier Castle

 

[mlg57]

And if you can go further afield .... http://www.visitscotland.com/about/history/castles/

Some of these are magnificent

 

[mlg57]

This one is nice
, Urquhurt castle

 

[mlg57]

and this one ... Dunnottar Castle

 

[mlg57]

Or a bit closer to home ... Bramber



Not much left of it but enough to see what it was like,the moat is still there and you can walk all the way around it.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

There's probably a few would have to right-click on the image to work out who the hell it is.

I'd confess I wasn't entirely familiar with her face.

Shame on you. She was a proper politician. She would have had for breakfast any of the snivelling runts from whichever party we have today. She also introduced the breathalyser as transport Minister.

PS - it's Barbara castle if people haven't caught up with what's above.

 

[The Oldman]

Shame on you. She was a proper politician. She would have had for breakfast any of the snivelling runts from whichever party we have today. She also introduced the breathalyser as transport Minister.

PS - it's Barbara castle if people haven't caught up with what's above.

Indeed a fearsome lady. Met her when she was S of S for Health & Social Services. Frightened the life out of me as a junior NHS administrator

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Shame on you. She was a proper politician. She would have had for breakfast any of the snivelling runts from whichever party we have today. She also introduced the breathalyser as transport Minister.

PS - it's Barbara castle if people haven't caught up with what's above.

Give me a break. She was a politician of note (so says Wikipedia) between 1945 and 1979. I wasn't even born for 31 years of that period.

No shame here.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Give me a break. She was a politician of note (so says Wikipedia) between 1945 and 1979. I wasn't even born for 31 years of that period.

No shame here.

Break Given. But I recognise pictures of Winston Churchill, who died when I was 11, of Benjamin Disraeli, who died some time before I was born, of Michael Gove, who is dead from the neck up, ...... OK, then, maybe they are not quite the same.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

No-one has mentioned Castle Drogo, in Devon.

Built between 1911 and 1930 by the owner of the Home & Colonial Stores. Why?

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

What about Highclere castle, near Newbury, where Downton Abbey is filmed. It isn't a proper castle, and neither is it an Abbey, so it's as big a fraud as the TV programme.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

What about Highclere castle, near Newbury, where Downton Abbey is filmed. It isn't a proper castle, and neither is it an Abbey, so it's as big a fraud as the TV programme.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Or a bit closer to home ... Bramber

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Not much left of it but enough to see what it was like,the moat is still there and you can walk all the way around it.

I loved Bramber castle when I was a kid. I also seem to remember going there on the train - a steam train. This is going back 50years - the line was closed in 1966.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I loved Bramber castle when I was a kid. I also seem to remember going there on the train - a steam train. This is going back 50years - the line was closed in 1966.

What did Bramber Castle look like back then when it was new?

 

[wellquickwoody]

Many, many fine examples of mediaeval and later constructions on here, some intact and some in ruins. If you want really ancient how about the forerunner of modern stone embattlements - the wooden castle? Rarely seen in the flesh anymore, but can probably be found by searching the interweb thingy. I would suggest googling the Andrew version.

 

[mlg57]

Here you go ... Bramber castle around the time of the Doomsday book in 1085