How to capture a castle

LONG MARSTON, YORKSHIRE 2 JULY 1644

Cultural Crusader

LOCATION – the one thing that affects most the value of any property. That’s nothing new, though. Even in the Dark Ages, those who had need to build strongholds for protection from their enemies place

Corfe Castle has towered over a Dorset peninsula for 900 years; its stone walls seeing kings crowned, civil wars fought and saints made

FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, USA 11-15 DECEMBER 1862

Many people associate clans with Scotland, but the word originated in Ireland in the early Middle Ages. It derives from the Irish clann, meaning children, and is used to describe a highly organised hi