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	<description>A guide to the best castles and redoubts in the United Kingdom</description>
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		<title>Alnwick Castle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alnwick Castle in Northumberland is the second largest inhabited castle in England (after Windsor Castle), and has been the home of the Percys since 1309. Yves de Vescy, Baron of Alnwick, erected the first parts of the castle in about 1096 to protect England&#8217;s northern border against invasion from Scotland. The Castle was first restored, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tower of London</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1066, the King of England, Edward the Confessor died childless, leaving several claimants vying for his throne. Harold Godwinson, Edward’s brother-in-law, was made King of England, but William, Duke of Normandy, a distant blood relative, said he too had been promised the throne. William invaded England and defeated King Harold at the Battle of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theredoubt.co.uk/london/the-tower-of-london/</link>
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		<title>Gwrych Castle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The impressive stone castle at Grwych in Wales, has had a very interesting past, and has been home to Normans, Roundheads, Aristocracy and middleweight boxing champion Randolph Turpin. The first castle at the site was built by the Normans in the early 12th century and siezed and rebuilt in stone by the Welsh prince Rhys [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theredoubt.co.uk/conwy/gwrych-castle/</link>
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		<title>Arundel Castle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arundel Castle in West Sussex, England is a restored medieval castle dating from the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) and was completed by Roger de Montgomery, who became the first Earl of Arundel. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War and then restored in the 18th and 19th centuries. Located in magnificent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theredoubt.co.uk/west-sussex/arundel-castle/</link>
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		<title>Warwick Castle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warwick Castle is a medieval castle in Warwick, the county town of Warwickshire, England. It sits on a cliff overlooking the River Avonand was built by William the Conqueror in 1068, two years after the Battle of Hastings. It was used as a fortification until being converted into a country house in the 17th century by Sir Fulke Greville.

The castle has had an interesting history, belonging to the Earl of Warwick from 1088 and serving as a symbol of his power. The castle was taken in 1153 by Henry of Anjou, (later to become Henry II), and it was used to hold prisoners from the Battle of Poitiers in the 14th century. ]]></description>
		<link>http://theredoubt.co.uk/warwickshire/warwick-castle/</link>
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		<title>Leeds Castle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leeds Castle is situated five miles southeast of Maidstone, Kent, England, and was built in 1119 by by Robert de Crevecoeur. The castle and grounds lie to the east of the village of Leeds, Kent, and is a popular visitor attraction throughout the year. The gatehouse looks much as it would have in the 13th century and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theredoubt.co.uk/kent/leeds-castle/</link>
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		<title>Dunstanburgh Castle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Dunstanburgh Castle is the largest fortress in Northumberland and stands on a remote headland on the spectacular coastline and despite its ruinous state, it presents a formidable and imposing sight from a distance. The Earl of Lancaster began construction of the fortress in 1313, when relations between himself and King Edward II, his cousin,  had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theredoubt.co.uk/northumberland/dunstanburgh-castle/</link>
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		<title>St Mawes Castle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St Mawes Castle is one of the best-preserved of Henry VIII&#8217;s coastal artillery fortresses, and the most elaborately decorated of them all. Built between 1539 and 1545 to counter an invasion threat from Catholic France and Spain, this fort, along with its sister, Pendennis Castle, guards the important anchorage of Carrick Roads on the Fal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theredoubt.co.uk/cornwall/st-mawes-castle/</link>
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		<title>Pendennnis Castle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pendennis Castle is one of Henry VIII&#8217;s Device Forts, or Henrician castles, built to guard the entrance to the River Fal on its west bank, near Falmouth, Cornwall. St Mawes Castle is its opposite number on the east bank and they were built to defend Carrick Roads from the French and Spanish . The castle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theredoubt.co.uk/cornwall/pendennnis-castle/</link>
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		<title>Walmer Castle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Built during the reign of King Henry VIII, Walmer Castle was originally designed as part of a chain of coastal artillery defences before evolving into the official residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. The Duke of Wellington held the post for 23 years and before her death, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth [...]]]></description>
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