| Whereas motte and bailey castles were surrounded by a wooden fence, the stone keeps could rely on outer walls made of stone. |
| In stone keep castles, keeps were much higher than any other part of the castle. |
| Such skulls, with their enormous racks of antlers, adorn the walls of castles and hunting lodges throughout Ireland. |
| Bigger castles housed more troops so the threat to the Welsh in that region was very obvious. |
| Such castles owned as allods by important magnates were particularly common as well in the Spanish March. |
| Accommodation links offer breaks in converted castles, churches, lighthouses and wigwams. |
