The Castle of St John, also known as Stranraer Castle, is an early 16th-century L-plan tower house in the centre of Stranraer, in Dumfries and Galloway...
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St Donat's Castle (Welsh: Castell Sain Dunwyd), St Donats, Wales, is a medieval castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, about 16 miles (26 km) to the west of...
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The Castle of St John the Baptist (Spanish: Castillo de San Juan Bautista), also called the Black Castle (Castillo Negro), is a fort on the island of Tenerife...
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St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel...
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Hospital of St John. After the Hospitallers moved to Malta, it became known as the Maltese cross. King Fulk of Jerusalem constructed several castles to defend...
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St Andrews Castle is a ruin located in the coastal Royal Burgh of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. The castle sits on a rocky promontory overlooking a small...
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John Michael Frederick Castle (born 14 January 1940) is an English actor. He is best known for his film and television work, most notably playing Bill...
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Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, eleven kilometres (seven...
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Stranraer (category Ports and harbours of Scotland)
around the Castle of St John re-paved and re-profiled. The Castle Square was formally unveiled in March 2011 and has so far hosted a range of activities...
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Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The category A listed castle is the Dumfriesshire home of the Duke...
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St Briavels Castle (most likely named after Saint Brioc) is a moated Norman castle at St Briavels in the English county of Gloucestershire. The castle...
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Wigtownshire (redirect from County of Wigtown)
a royal burgh from 1469 Castle of St. John, Stranraer, now a Visitor Centre and museum. Galloway House Monreith House Mull of Galloway Lighthouse at the...
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A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars usually...
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Sudeley Castle is a Grade I listed castle in the parish of Sudeley, in the Cotswolds, near to the medieval market town of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire...
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sequence of rooms widely regarded as the finest and most complete expression of later Georgian taste". Inside the castle walls is the 15th-century St George's...
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Dean of Windsor is the spiritual head of the canons of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, England. The dean chairs meetings of the Chapter of Canons...
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Jamestown, Saint Helena (redirect from Jamestown, St. Helena)
Duke of York, the future King James II of England. A fort, originally named the Castle of St John, was quickly built and, with the restoration of the monarchy...
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grounds of St Fagans Castle now contain St Fagans National Museum of History. The castle estate is designated Grade I on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks...
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The Wawel Royal Castle (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvavɛl] ; Zamek Królewski na Wawelu) and the Wawel Hill on which it sits constitute the most historically...
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The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, commonly known as Malbork Castle (Polish: Zamek w Malborku; German: Ordensburg Marienburg), is a brick gothic...
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Castel Sant'Angelo (redirect from Castle of St. Angelo)
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, more often known as Castel Sant'Angelo (pronounced [kaˈstɛl sanˈtandʒelo]; Italian for 'Castle of the Holy Angel'), is a towering...
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Castle) HMCS St. Thomas (K488) (ex-HMS Sandgate Castle, later SS Camosun III) HMCS Tillsonburg (K496) (ex-HMS Pembroke Castle), sold to Republic of China...
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Royal Castle Warsaw. Castle Square St. John's Cathedral Sigismund's Column List of castles in Poland List of palaces in Poland "History of Royal Castle –...
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the nearby castle Church of St Peter ad Vincula, who is the chaplain of the Tower. St John's Chapel was built as part of the original layout of the White...
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Leighlinbridge Castle, or Black Castle, Leighlinbridge, an Irish castle ruin Black Castle, Bristol, an English pub Castle of St John the Baptist, also...
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Kenmure Castle is a fortified house or castle in The Glenkens, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the town of New Galloway in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, south-west...
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military value of the castle diminished and the site became used primarily for county administration and as a prison. The surviving rectangular St George's...
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Bodrum, built from 1402 onwards, by the Knights of St John (Knights Hospitaller) as the Castle of St. Peter or Petronium. A transnational effort, it has...
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Blair Castle (in Scottish Gaelic: Caisteil Bhlàir) stands in its grounds near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire in Scotland. It is the ancestral...
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family was in the parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, situated 3 mi (5 km) to the north of the Castle, but since 1825 they have been buried...
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