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CASTLES

We tend to glamourise castles,as having been fun places to live.Mostly,pre-16th century,that wasn't the case.When William and his Norman hordes invaded and took over England,they threw up motte and bailey castles everywhere they went.Firstly,because they were relatively quick to construct,and secondly,because they had to,as they(The Normans) weren't exactly welcome.Castles,in Britain,started as "castellum" or a fortified place.A secure holding in times of strife.As times changed so did requirements,and thus castles changed.Some were fortified all the more,some abandoned altogether,some were remodelled into mansions.More often than not as they were abandoned ,stone robbing took place,leaving only the earthworks,in the form of mounds and ditches,for future generations to ponder over.A large number of castles,in England and Wales,exist now ,only in name,with modern farming methods having removed them from extant existance.Lots are visible now only from aerial photography.And yet,they all helped to fashion the land as we see it today.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_England
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Pendragon  Castle, from  the  main  road.
Pendragon Castle, from the main road.
APECHILDE  beside  Absol  Park.(Tall wood)
"APECHILDE" beside Absol Park.(Tall wood)
Stebbing  Mount.
Stebbing Mount.
Stebbing  mount
Stebbing mount
Laugharne  Castle / 1
Laugharne Castle / 1
Llansteffan  Castle
Llansteffan Castle
Sentence  castle  motte
Sentence castle motte
Tenby  Castle  gateway.
Tenby Castle gateway.
Stormy  dawn  over  St. Clears  motte.
Stormy dawn over St. Clears motte.
The  dawn  arrives  over  Pembroke  Castle.
The dawn arrives over Pembroke Castle.
Rudbaxton   motte, extremely   overgrown.
Rudbaxton motte, extremely overgrown.
Castell  Nanhyfer /  1
Castell Nanhyfer / 1
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