UK Holiday 8: Cornwall: Restormel Castle, Cornwall (page 3/8)

Restormel Castle 5: The Gatehouse 3

Ivy-covered walls the remains of masonry; a bridge across a moat. I think the telegraph wires are more recent.

Restormel Castle 6: Curtain wall

The outside of the ruined castle, with ivy growing up the masonry.

Restormel Castle 7: The Entrance

Inside the gatehouse you can see right into the inner part of the castle, the inner bailey perhaps it was called.

Restormel Castle 8: Wall texture

The stone masonry of the castle wall, with weeds growing in the cracks.

Restormel Castle 9: Beam-hole in the wall

Probably a hole that once supported the end of a beam to hold up a roof or floor of a building in the castle.

Restormel Castle 10: Wall texture 2

A mossy stone wall in the castle.

Restormel Castle 11: The castle well

Every castle needs a source of running water, or it wouldn’t hold out for more than a day or two against a siege.