Yorkshire Castles Gallery

Pickering Castle J850150

PICKERING CASTLE, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing showing how the first wooden motte and bailey castle may have appeared in the early 12th century, by Ivan Lapper

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Aerial, Construction, Defence, Fortification, Graphic, Illustration, Medieval, Motte, Norman, Wall

Conisbrough Castle J910009

CONISBROUGH CASTLE, South Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing by Alan Sorrell showing the castle as it may of looked in the 13th century. Built of magnesian limestone, it is the only example of its kind in Europe and was one of the inspirations for Sir Walter Scott's classic novel, Ivanhoe

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Fortification, Graphic, Medieval

The Chapel, Cliffords Tower J970195

CLIFFORD'S TOWER, York, North Yorkshire. Interior view. The Chapel, late 14th century. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team). clifford

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Chapel, Graphic, Medieval, Religion