Step back in time and explore the dramatic stone strongholds that define the English landscape. From royal palaces to haunted ...

Castles were a common sight in the Middle Ages, which lasted from roughly 500 to 1500. Most castles were built to be the fortified residences of local nobility during this politically tumultuous ...

For centuries, medieval castles – hulking, isolated triumphs of masonry – have held a special place in the Western imagination, evoking at once a sense of history, fantasy, war and romance. They are ...

Medieval castles solved sanitation with stone shafts, ammonia fumigated wardrobes, and hired specialists to empty the pits at night. The engineering was smarter than it sounds, and sometimes deadlier ...

PETER GINN: Castles dominated the landscape of the medieval age and Britain have some of the finest examples in the world. They were grand fortifications designed to protect and to intimidate, and ...

While England boasts world-renowned castles like Windsor and Warwick, which draw visitors from across the globe, the country also plays host to lesser-known castles equally grand and rich in history.