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The first castle in Britain to be designed specifically for
defense by guns was Ravens Craig Castle located in Scotland. Built in 1460.
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Cubbie Roo's Castle, built in 1145, was one of the earliest
stone castles to be built in Scotland.
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In 1813 a walled up skeleton was found in one of the vaults
of Craig Millar Castle.
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In 1787 Henry Bruce’s widow with the sword of Robert the
Bruce knighted Robert Burns at Clackmannan Tower.
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New Buckingham Castle keep is the largest in diameter to
be found in England.
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The first of the Edwardian castles to be built in Wales was
Flint Castle.
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The largest castle in England is Windsor Castle.
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The largest castle in Wales is Caerphilly Castle.
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Mitford Castle has the only five-sided keep in England.
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Being 80ft tall and 80ft in diameter at the top, Haughley
Castle is one of the largest motes in Britain.
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Rochester Castle keep rises to 115ft, making it the tallest
Norman keep in Britain.
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One of the earliest surviving stone castle gatehouses in
England is at Exeter Castle. It was built in 1068.
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