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A fine Castle

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NDWDave Oct 2018 11:24am, 22 Oct 2018 7,903 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave You needed to apply for a licence to crenellate in England
McGoohan Oct 2018 11:25am, 22 Oct 2018 36,006 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan It was, weirdly, more ramparty inside. You have a not quite square courtyard and it all feels very protected from the outside world.
McGoohan Oct 2018 11:26am, 22 Oct 2018 36,007 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan A more trad castle at Castletown on the Isle of Man
McGoohan Oct 2018 11:26am, 22 Oct 2018 36,008 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan The clock was added much later and only has IIRC an hour hand!
McGoohan Oct 2018 11:28am, 22 Oct 2018 36,009 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Mann was very good for castles. Here's two views of Peel Castle, one of the finest I've been to.
Wriggling Snake Oct 2018 11:29am, 22 Oct 2018 19,768 posts	Quote Pin Wriggling Snake Very good beer, bands at the back, Northern Quarter, Manchester.
Cerrertonia Oct 2018 11:32am, 22 Oct 2018 9,580 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia One of my plans for next year is to run the millennium way on the IoM, starting at Castletown. North Wales has all the best castles in Britain though.
McGoohan Oct 2018 11:34am, 22 Oct 2018 36,010 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Cerre - we went on a bit of that - a really fine route but there is a surprising amount of up n down when you think you've got past Snaefell.
McGoohan Oct 2018 11:35am, 22 Oct 2018 36,011 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Is Mandy Moo, the Queen?
Cerrertonia Oct 2018 11:50am, 22 Oct 2018 9,581 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia I walked it ~30 years ago, so I'm expecting it to be a good bit hillier than Cambridge The IoM is basically a mountain sticking out of the sea, after all.