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The Development of
the English Castle - The Britannia online site. Much as on would expect from
Britannia; good, solid, concise, unspectacular. 
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/castles/enter.html - By National
Geographic for kids. Not to the standard of the Magazine, and somewhat patronising
to children, but worthy 
Historical Essays &
Perspectives - Page linking to the couple of dozen good essays on Jeff Thomas's
Castles of Wales site. These are few of of them; 
Yahoo! Groups :
medieval_castles - initially had some posting and discussions some of which
were moderately interesting however laissez faire moderation allow the site to
deteriorate and is now basically defunct. 
Castle Quest - Divided into several forums, the most important of which is
the 'Book Nook' where the previous topics is an excellent resource as a bibliography.
Otherwise mainly used by school students and genealogists. 
NOVA
Online | Trebuchet - Site about a TV programme where wood framers build a
trebuchet siege engine. Has a transcript of an interview with noted military historian
Richard Holmes discussing castles. Siegecraft and Defence
- An illustrated essay by Jeffrey Thomas 
Medieval Non-gunpowder
Artillery; Siege/War Machines - Photographs of a range of reconstructed siege
weapons with good information.
Life in a Medieval Castle
- Extracts from the book by Joseph and Frances Gies 
English Heritage - The
statutory body with responsibility for the preservation of England's built heritage.
A complex site, with a considerable amount of information, which requires some
effort to navigate, although this is usually well rewarded. 
Cadw - The equivalent to English
Heritage in Wales. Lacks some of the content of the English Heritage site. Many
archaeological reports are published online by English Heritage but not by Cadw.
RCAHM Wales - The Royal Commission
on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales has the job of listing and monitoring
the historic and ancient monuments and sites of Wales. 
The Manx
Museum - Not just a museum this is the web site of the Manx National Heritage
Agency 
The National Trust - The
National Trust is a charity set up a 100 years ago to save some of the buildings
and countryside of England and Wales. Their web site has gloss and some information
but little real depth. 
Historic Houses Association - The association
of historic houses, castles and gardens that remain in private ownership
Official Landmark Trust Web site - A worthy charity
who restore old building for use as holiday homes. The have a least three castles
on their books and a room in the ancient town wall of Caernarfon. 
CBA guide to UK archaeology
online - A site of links to UK archaeology sites. CBA guide to UK archaeology
online - Local government curators list of those local government bodies with
responsibility for archaeological sites. Some on-line sites, full list of address
of the holders of the regional Sites and Monuments Records.
PastScape - The
National Monument Record for England on line. Gives brief information on all the
sites in England's National Monuments Record. The navigation of the site is limited
(you really need to know where the monument is located), there have been some
transcribing errors and the limited information available may miss significant
points. However, an invaluable asset, which will hopefully improve.
Images of England - Although
the title of the site suggests this is a picture database in fact this is the
database of the listed buildings of England. The buildings are described, sometimes
in considerable detail, and many, though not all, have photographs. Registration
is required to access the site fully.
Coflein - The National Monument
Record for Wales on line. Similar to PastScape although currently nowhere near
as detailed or as easy to use.
CARN - A fairly simple listing
of the various databases for Wales (The Ancient Monuments, the NMR and the SMRs).
Keys to the Past - The online Sites and Monuments record for County Durham
and Northumberland. Considering that Northumberland must have one of the largest
SMR in the country this is a particularly fine site. 
SEAX Archaeology - Unlocking Essex's Past - The online Sites and Monuments
record for Essex. 
Hampshire Treasures
Online - The online Hampshire Treasures record. (Those natural or man made
features of the county which are of public interest by reason of their aesthetic,
archaeological, historic, scenic, scientific, sociological or traditional interest,
and whose deterioration or destruction would represent a serious loss to our heritage.)
Hampshire AHBR - The online Archaeological and Historic Building Record. (Personally
I find the Hampshire Treasures site to be more useful but this appears to be the
'proper' equivalent to the SMR for Hampshire. 
Historic Herefordshire
On-Line - The online Sites and Monuments Record database for Herefordshire.
Not the most 'pretty' of the searchable sites but probably the most useful. 
Somerset Historic
Environment Record - The online Sites and Monuments Record database for the
modern authority of Somerset (which excludes the north of historic Somerset).
A good, solid, searchable database although long scrolling monument type menus
are irksome. 
Warwickshire
Sites and Monuments Record - The online Sites and Monuments record for Warwickshire.
Good, solid searchable database. 
British History Online -
British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed
primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British
Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament
Trust, it aims to support academic and personal users around the world in their
learning, teaching and research. With so much material now being published on
the world wide web in either 
un-reviewed form, or in fee-based services, the IHR has shown its commitment to
promoting the study of history by publishing these priceless resources for their
historical value, cross-searchable, in one place and free of charge. Now has a
good amount of the various Victoria County Histories available and I hope that
they will eventually publish the charter and patent rolls. 
ORB: The Online Reference Book
for Medieval Studies - A site of links to medieval sites but also hosts some
important resources such as; 
NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval
Resources - A site of links to medieval sites. 
Medieval Sourcebook:
Introduction - A site of links to medieval sites. 
Ordnance Survey Maps - The Get-a-map
section allows online access to the current 1:25000 series (Improved from the
1:50000 series in 2003. 
Old Maps - Online access to the
1:10560 scale first edition OS maps (at low resolution though), great for looking
at sites developed since 1900. Now has direct link to an aerial photo of an area.
Multimap - The best feature of this
site is the aerial photographs. Great for 'cleaned up' castles, less good for
vague ringworks in woodland, since the aerial photos tend to be taken in the summer
with the trees in full leaf. 
The Unveiling
of Britain From the British Library this selection of maps and views traces
the growing awareness of the form of British Isles and their place in the wider
world during the years between 800 and 1600. Includes a 1539 map of the South
west coast of England from Exeter to Land's End. ViewFinder
- An online image resource for England's history. Images of England - Although
the title of the site suggests this is a picture database in fact this is the
database of the listed buildings of England. However, it does have a considerable
number of copyrighted pictures.
Castles on the Web Photo Archive
- nearly 5000 pictures of castles.
Castles on the Web - Has numerous
links although these are not always updated. Hosts Castle
Quest and has a Photo Archive
Medieval Castles
Webring 
CastleUK.net - Calling itself 'The
castle UK location web" this site is, in fact, very good for giving locations
and includes many minor sites. Coverage of each site is fairly minimal with a
short history and a photo (though many site link to two or three more photos).
Importantly this site is an ongoing concern and is regularly being extended.
The National Trust - Castles - a partial list of the castles in the care of
the National Trust. Actually they care for rather more castle sites than this
but they don't consider them worth mentioning (The foundations of the Norman keep
of Duffield are in the care of the NT, but not a single mention anywhere of this
important site.). 
Castles Abbeys and Medieval Buildings
- Michael Cook's site covers just a few castles but covers them in considerably
more depth, and with many more photographs, than anyone else on the web. 
John Burke's
English Castles - Covers just half a dozen northern castles but does them
in detail with many photo's. 
Berkshire History:
Castles & Country Houses - Pretty comprehensive coverage of Berkshires
castles by David Nash Ford.
Castle of
Herefordshire - Part of Historic Herefordshire On
Line which includes the Herefordshire Online
Sites and Monuments Record 
Lincolnshire Forts and Moats - A page briefly describing the fortifications
in the area of Boston. 
Castles in North Northumberland
- A brief descriptions and visitor information on some of North Northumberland's
fortifications. 
The Castles of
Northumberland, UK, England - A brief descriptions and visitor information
on Northumberland's major castles. 
Castles of the Yorkshire
Dales - Small site covering eight fortifications in the Yorkshire Dales rather
briefly.
The Castles of Wales
- Jeff Thomas's Site is undoubtedly the best castle site on the web. Lots of good
essays, many, sites are covered, some in good depth (including some English castles
in the Marches). 
Great Medieval Castles of
Wales - Covers a few of the major welsh castles in good detail. 
