UK Holiday 8: Cornwall: Restormel Castle, Cornwall (page 4/8)

Restormel Castle 13: The interior

The castle is open to the sky; originally the buildings around the outside of the “courtyard” would have had rooves, but the inner part where the grass is today would have been open to the sky. They didn’t have helicopters or [...] [more...]

Restormel Castle 14: View from the castle walls

From the archer’s post you can see a nearby field.

Restormel Castle 15: View from the castle walls 2

That’s probably the nearby village of Lostwithiel.

Restormel Castle 16: Castle window

OK, there’s no glass, if there ever was, and no mullions, but you can still imagine what it might have been like. You can see the green grass through the window. [more...]

Restormel Castle 17: Corbels

An arched window or doorway, with some stone corbels above it that might once have supported a vaulted ceiling or some wooden rafters.

Restormel Castle 18: Tree

A tree seen from the castle walls.

Restormel Castle 19: Barred Doorway

Stone steps lead down to a doorway closed with metal bars.

Restormel Castle 20: Stone stairway to heaven

A stone staircase, with green moss-covered walls, in this ancient and ruined castle.