Castle Pics
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Cardiff Castle Continued
The lovely Gothic style clock tower by William Burges:
Paranomic view of the interior grounds:
View of the larger external moat from the castle walls:
View of the great Norman Keep from the Sky garden. This is a very good preserved example of a bailey and motte norman fort:
Paranomic view of inside the great Norman Keep. Note the remains of a great fireplace to the left:
Remains of the Great Banquet Hall within the Norman Keep. Note the holes in the walls for the ceiling timber:
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What is The Great Norman Keep? Is it a tiny fort within a castle?
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Its the Castle built by the invading Normans in the 11th centuary to dominate the land. Since then, in later centuaries, bigger and more extensive fortifications have been built outside around it.Originally posted by mhcampboy:What is The Great Norman Keep? Is it a tiny fort within a castle?
And the Great Fireplace, what happen to it?
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Hmmm... I still do not quite get it.Originally posted by HENG@:Its the Castle built by the invading Normans in the 11th centuary to dominate the land. Since then, in later centuaries, bigger and more extensive fortifications have been built outside around it.
the great fireplace is no longer there, due to the ravages of time.
So The Great Norman Keep is Cardif Castle? Is it the main castle? -
how come the moat like so shallow one?
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Cardiff Castle consists of many parts including the great Norman Keep within it, the Black Tower which includes the entranceway, the Victorian era buildings by William Burges, and the Roman ruins which have been incorporated into the 17th Centuary section.Originally posted by mhcampboy:Hmmm... I still do not quite get it.
So The Great Norman Keep is Cardif Castle? Is it the main castle?
There is no main castle per se. Most English castles have some norman ruins or keep within them. Bearing in mind that castle sites were choosen due to a strategic advantage, often later castles are built over earlier castles or incorporates them into the later castle designs. Other examples i've visited include the Tower of London, with a central great norman keep that is still in use today, and Warwick Castle with the ruins of the Norman Keep to the northeastern corner of the castle. Later I will show u Swansea Castle and Pennard Castle which were both Norman castles which were used well into the 19th and 16th centuary respectively before being abandoned to their fates. -
it was probably filled in later. but the norman moat u can see is a very deep one. it was filled in before as well but re-excavated again.Originally posted by missqi:how come the moat like so shallow one?
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Originally posted by HENG@:it was probably filled in later. but the norman moat u can see is a very deep one. it was filled in before as well but re-excavated again.
so lucky.):
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nice to see my photographic work being published by heng here.
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castle are so big , wonder how much time wasted walking from one place to another
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lets see... can run across the lawn in under 5 mins flat. probably closer to 3.Originally posted by Unidentified:castle are so big , wonder how much time wasted walking from one place to another 
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missqi, you want go swimming in the moat?Originally posted by missqi: so lucky.):
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Irish Castle..
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with a float?Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:missqi, you want go swimming in the moat? -
dangerous!Originally posted by missqi:with a float?
got buaya croco swimming one. -
no lah. england where go cocodile one?Originally posted by Ito_^:dangerous!
got buaya croco swimming one. -
The Neuschwanstein castle seems the most mysterious of all. I wanna live in a castle next time.