Castles & Fortifications

The castles and other properties owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland are precious jewels in the crown of the nations heritage. Ens...

Thousands of years before the Romans and the Venerable Bede, Northumberland was a landscape of hilltop forts, many of which can be traced today. Mi...

Castles and palaces around the world are structures of grandeur, might and beauty. From the flamboyance of Germany's fairy tale-Neuschwanstein Cast...

This is one of the great untold stories of the twentieth century.It is a first-hand account of a mission by an SAS soldier sent behind the Iron Cur...

For over a thousand years, from the time of the Roman Empire to the classic period of castle-building in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, fort...

An ancient hilltop fortress. A crusader citadel in the West Bank. A fairytale medieval castle fallen into ruin. From ancient times to the end of th...

This is one of the great untold stories of the twentieth century.It is a first-hand account of a mission by an SAS soldier sent behind the Iron Cur...

This ground-breaking book traces the story of castles at war in England and Wales from their introduction by the Normans in the eleventh century un...

The essential companion to discover the styles, architecture, form, significance and historical impact of castles from all over the world. How to ...

Medieval castles were not just showcases for the royal and powerful, they were also the centerpieces of many people's daily lives. A travel guid...

In this stunning, full-colour book, John Kinross explores the fascinating history behind the castles of Herefordshire, Shropshire and the Welsh bor...

A collection of the most significant articles in castle studies, with contributions from scholars in history, archaeology, historic buildings and l...

Often described as 'the land of castles and the worlds 'castle capital, Wales has an abundance of these magnificent monuments dotted all around the...

It was not until after the Norman Conquest that British castles, as we think of them today, came into being. Before this point, the only fortificat...