Castles Illustrations Gallery

Dover Castle Keep c.1190 N090100

DOVER CASTLE, Kent. A conjectural reconstruction drawing of furniture and decoration of the keep during a royal visit in about 1190. Recent research suggests that the roofs were deeply sunk within the building. Terry Ball (English Heritage Graphics Team)

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Graphic, Medieval

Sherborne Old Castle J960261

SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE, Dorset. The castle as it may have appeared in the mid-fourteenth century under the ownership of Robert Wyvil, Bishop of Salisbury. A birds eye view, reconstruction drawing by Philip Corke

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Defence, Fortification, Graphic, Illustration, Medieval

Dartmouth Castle IC123/013

DARTMOUTH CASTLE, Devon. Reconstruction drawing of Dartmouth Castle as a fortalice (small castle) when it was first built in the late 14th century. Artist Peter Urmston (2016)

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Aerial, Coast, Defence, Graphic, Medieval