Professor Richard Holmes, a British military historian featured in the NOVA film "Medieval Siege," talks here about everyday life in a medieval English castle, giving a sense of how lords and ...
"Raglan - the last of the castles proper - was intended to be a fortified residence when it was built in the mid-15th Century, but later saw military action in the English Civil War." Covering 30 ...
English Heritage said. The 450-year-old artillery fort sits on the Isle of Portland, about four miles from Weymouth. Portland Castle's manager Jennifer Snook said its popularity last year was down ...