Got Castles?

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:57 am

Hi! Please don't laugh. I have a crazy fascination with castles. I have never seen any in person except at the miniature golf course and Disneyland. :wah:

I have scrubbed the Web for photos of castle interiors (even ruins are okay, so long as I can get an idea) but it's like no one takes pictures of the inside! Just the outside!

Since a lot of you live in castle countries or have travelled and seen some, I wondered if any of you might have some cool photos you would share? Inside or outside!

Thank you.

:)

Supersilly@rse · Post by **Supersilly@rse** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:02 am

Have a look on Amazon for the Official Guide to Windsor Castle. That has pictures of the interior and the art collections etc....

Supersilly@rse · Post by **Supersilly@rse** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:13 am

Here are a couple of pics.

If you want more, then email me at supersillyarse@yahoo.co.uk

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:40 am

I agree Pink!

Thanks SuperSilly for those cool photos! I'd love some more! I will email you right now~

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:01 am

There are loads of castle pics here in FG. Lemme see what I can find.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:20 am

Sorry if I got a little carried away.

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showt ... p?p=439223

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showt ... hp?p=59625

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showt ... hp?p=95604

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showt ... hp?p=94848

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showt ... hp?p=94700

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showt ... p?p=159895

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showt ... hp?t=11309

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:29 am

Wow! I didn't know those were in FG! Thank you so much Accountable!! Those buildings are just gorgeous!!

:D

chocoholic · Post by **chocoholic** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:30 am

http://www.castlesontheweb.com/photoarc ... sessionid=

RED, have you seen this website before, might be just the thing for you!:)

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:40 am

Accountable, those are wonderful links! Thanks for taking the time to find them and post them.

And the photos are stunning. :-6

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:41 am

Red, check out Boldt Castle. It is here in New York State..in the northern region, near Canada. It was being built by a man for his wife (Mr. Boldt). She died before it was completed, and he never finished it.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:55 am

I knew I could count on fellow Gardeners to help me out!

:-4

Chocoholic, wow- what a site! I bookmarked it to check out this evening.

Marie, that's a neat castle and a sad story. I bookmarked Boldt too.

Thank you!

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:30 pm

These castles are all within a one hour car ride from where I live....lucky me !

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:33 pm

ArnoldLayne;440550 wrote: Try this link Red. It gives you the facility to search for any castle in the UK

http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/maps.php

Good photos and info

Try Rochester Castle - ruined enough that you can see the structure but complete enough that you can walk some of the stairs and rooms.

My youngest's reaction was "that's what a castle should be like".

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:39 pm

Funny, not funny funny but funny, Ive always been fascinated with things medieval including castles. So there ya go.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:14 pm

Thank you so much for these photos and links! I have found some fab castles! Oh! Ruined abbeys are good too.

I'm a nut for old buildings of any kind really. One of my dreams is to live in a Victorian house. I'm crazy about them.

Thanks for all your help!

dubs · Post by **dubs** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:10 pm

This is my local Castle Red Glitter, it's about 4 miles from the village where I live!

They did one of those Most Haunted programmes from there too.

www.tamworthcastle.freeserve.co.uk/opening.htm

chocoholic · Post by **chocoholic** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:22 am

RedGlitter;441866 wrote: Thank you so much for these photos and links! I have found some fab castles! Oh! Ruined abbeys are good too.

I'm a nut for old buildings of any kind really. One of my dreams is to live in a Victorian house. I'm crazy about them.

Thanks for all your help!

Here's an Abbey for you REDInchcolm Abbey in Scotland (you can click on picture to enlarge).

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:38 am

This is Tamworth Castle which is less than a mile from here, so presumably, my house would have been within its grounds at some point. It was built just after the Norman Invasion (the castle, not my house). Tamworth was the home of the Mercian Kings before that.

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Post by **spot** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:59 am

Have a look at http://www.greydragon.org/trips/England00/ - especially the Towie Barclay castle photos. The owner's a singer/songwriter of note and his home is well photographed on that site.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:49 am

Two thousand year old scots castle.

http://www.lochalsh.co.uk/glenelg_broch.shtml

scotty · Post by **scotty** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:10 am

One of the finest castles in Scotland http://www.castles.nl/eur/uk/crai/crai.html

also here

http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/ind ... castle.htm

Scott

http://niddrie.tripod.com/index.html

Le Ferat · Post by **Le Ferat** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:50 am

Now this is what i call a castle! Tioram Castle at the entrance to Loch Moidart. Only accessible at low tide.

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Richard Bell · Post by **Richard Bell** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:58 pm

Anybody with a spare $77,000,000 can buy Vlad The Impaler's castle in Romania :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bran_Castle

Interior photos here ;

http://www.aboutromania.com/brancastle.html

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