A Grade I listed Norman castle is to undergo "essential" restoration in the new year after a contractor was agreed.

I recently had the pleasure of attending the ninth annual Workshop on Internet Economics (WIE) at the University of California, San Diego. It might not seem a likely place to discuss English castles ...

The reopening of a city's Norman castle after a £27.5m revamp has been hailed a success after strong visitor numbers. Norfolk Museums Service said a daily average of about 1,500 people had been ...

Archeologists recently unearthed the walls of a Norman castle under a prison basketball court in Gloucester, England. A team of archaeologists exposed a 12th century "castle keep wall" while ...

Thousands of visitors flock to UK castles each year, some with links to Harry Potter, others with a long history of sieges, but for two archaeologists from the University of York, the site of what was ...

Marks left by stone masons and the remains of a hidden gate were found at Snodhill Castle in Herefordshire. Tim Hoverd, the council's archaeology projects manager said the finds gave an idea of the ...

For most of the time the land we currently know as the United Kingdom has existed, the kings and queens that have ruled over it have done so with entitlement and brutality — and often both. From the ...

If you ever wanted to live in a castle, now is your opportunity. Appleby Castle, located in Eden Valley, England (in the Lake District), is a Norman castle built in the 12th century—and it's up for ...

The site where William the Conqueror received the English surrender is to become "complete" once more after a firm donated adjacent land. Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, was one of the most ...

From Anglesey to the shadow of the Severn Bridge, Wales is a nation criss-crossed with castles. With some estimates suggesting in the medieval period there was one castle for every 12 square miles, it ...