This was a lovely little town built on the side of a hill and in particular, I loved the Norman Castle in this little town. Some photographs of this place. The castle was built back around 1070AD. Still fairly well kept.
Nice entry way although the gate is pretty much ruined. 
Walking up the gate. 
See the holes where supports or doors were hung? 
The angled windows so that one can see out into various directions but people outside cannot see in…well, not properly. 
The main door. Pretty heavy thick one, eh? 
The out buildings and then the kitchen in the corner. 
Quite a lot of space between the walls. 
A tiny museum of 1 room. With a painting which shows how it looked like. 
Here’s the business end of the castle. 
Another view of the kitchen
A water well pump. 
It was quite a steep climb. 
The south gate
The bridge across the inner moat. 
On the top wall. 
My two little princesses enjoying themselves. 
Good heavens, I have to climb up to that place? oh! my poor aching knees…
A view of the grass from one of the holes in the wall. 
Beautiful vistas. 
Looking back down at the entrance and part of the town. 
More stairs
Each of the walls had built in stairs. Bloody thick walls. 
The loo
The central tower, this obviously had floors at one time
Another view of the town
Tranquil landscape
Water storage
The ovens
Kitchens
The south gate
A little imp on the walls
This is a view from right at the top of the battlement.
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