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| | Amazon.com: Castle: Books: David Macaulay |
 | | I hope children in all times are as lucky as I was to meet a special book like this one and have it carry them off to a magical world between its covers. | | | Also, it might go well with Avi's "Crispin: The Cross of Lead", as a look at a castle from a peasant's point of view. | | | Going step by step, Macaulay explains each leg in the process of creating a castle. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0395329205?v=glance
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| | Castle Builder |
| | In other words, it must be able to withstand the strongest and longest attack from any enemy! | | | To complete the entire lesson as written would take approximately 10 hours. | | | No one in Medieval history knows what the Internet is, so the Baron will be impressed by how much information you gathered and how fast your horse rode all over Europe! |
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http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/castle_builder
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| | Kenilworth Castle |
| | To the north and west a goodly chase vast, wide, large, and full of red-deer and other stately game. | | | A local outcrop of good building stone would have been one factor for selecting this spot (see our Geology of Warwickshire page). | | | The great stone walls are up to 20 feet thick. |
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http://www.cv81pl.freeserve.co.uk/kenilworth.htm
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| | Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends |
| | So to save a lot of time, if you don't ask, I won't have to say no. The one exception to this rule is if you are wanting to use the Castle in a publication either on useful websites or for educational sites, these will be dealt with on a case by case basis. | | | I was going to take it down but knew if I did I would again begin receiving e-mails wanting to "borrow" nearly everything on the site. | | | Also, the Castle has been checked and should display properly in either Netscape or Explorer, from resolutions as low as 640x480 up to the widescreen versions as high as 1920x1200 without difficulty. |
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http://www.odinscastle.org
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| | Windsor Castle and St George's Chapel |
| | There are a number of special options for groups. | | | No other royal residence has played such an important role in the nation's history. | | | At all other times you will see the Union Flag. |
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http://www.windsor.gov.uk/attractions/castle.htm
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| | Technorati Tag: Castle |
| | A tag is like a subject or category. | | | I promised the results to An English Gentleman's Bulldog Postal Shoot today. | | | Posts tagged Castle per day for the last 30 days. |
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http://technorati.com/tag/Castle
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| | Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In Spain, a fortified dwelling on a height for the administering authority retains its Moorish name of alcázar, whilst shiro also figure prominently in Japanese history, where the feudal daimyō inhabited them. | | | But in addition to the mound, the citadel of the fortress, there was usually appended to it a bailey or basecourt (and sometimes two) of semilunar or horseshoe shape, so that the mound stood on the line of the enceinte. | | | Despite this, "castle" sometimes denotes a citadel (such as the castles of Badajoz and Burgos) or small detached forts d'arrêt in modern times and, traditionally, in Britain it has also been used to refer to prehistoric earthworks (e.g. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle
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| | Welcome to Alnwick Castle - Where History Lives - Homepage |
| | To many people, their first sight of this glorious medieval castle can seem foreboding, and certainly its history lacks nothing in drama and intrigue. | | | If you require any information about Alnwick Castle please don't hesitate to get in touch with us: | | | Click on the titles of these events to find out more... |
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http://www.alnwickcastle.com
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| | Defend your castle. - Flash Game |
| | You are here: Home > Games > Arcade Games > Defend Your Castle | | | Info: Kill some time and see how long you can defend your castle. |
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http://www.ebaumsworld.com/castle.html
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| | Prague Castle |
| | And thus it was a wonder that having been thrown head first from such a height, estimated at 27 ells by some, none of them remained on the spot, but all escaped there from". | | | A must see is the Orloj, the clock which tells not only the time, but also the position of the planets. | | | The castle grounds were as large then as they are today and consisted of many small timber houses. |
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http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Central_Europe/Czech_Republic/czech5.htm
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| | Life in a Medieval Castle |
| | Its principal item of furniture was a great bed with a heavy wooden frame and springs made of interlaced ropes or strips of leather, overlaid with a feather mattress, sheets, quilts, fur coverlets, and pillows. | | | In rectangular hall-keeps this was often in the forebuilding, sometimes at basement level, sometimes on the second floor. | | | Rooms opened into each other, or were joined by spiral staircases which required minimal space and could serve pairs of rooms on several floors. |
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http://www.castlewales.com/life.html
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| | Conwy Castle |
| | Especially striking is the long northern front, where the tower's equidistant spacing divides the wall surface into three exactly similar sections, each pierced by a similar pair of arrowloops, and each rising to a common battlement line." | | | Conwy Castle dominates the skyline from literally all points along the wall. | | | A similar town wall exists at Caernarfon Castle, but is far less complete and gets lost in the modern town. |
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http://www.castlewales.com/conwy.html
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| | Castles of the United States |
| | WHITING CASTLE/ LAKE WORTH CASTLE/ CASTLE ON HERON BAY - Fort Worth | | | If you click on a state and you come back to the top of the page, this means that the state that you want has not yet been loaded into your computer from the server. | | | You can scroll down this page, or go directly to a particular state, by clicking on that state. |
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http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles
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| | Powderham Castle, Exeter, Devon, England |
| | The grounds play host to events large and small and the Estuary, which forms part of the Estate, has space for those looking for yacht moorings. | | | The Castle is open to the public and welcomes thousands of visitors between Easter and October every year and is also exclusively available for private and corporate functions such as dinners, board meetings, dances and balls. | | | The Castle is also approved and licensed for the holding of Civil Marriage Ceremonies and is very popular for wedding receptions. |
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http://www.powderham.co.uk
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| | Edinburgh Castle - Edinburgh Hotel Accommodation, tourist information Edinburgh Scotland and more |
| | No matter whether you are on the lowest levels of the Castle, or the highest points, visitors are delighted by what can be seen. | | | An attempt to capture the castle during the 1715 Jacobite uprising failed | | | People were slow in the beginning to use the Internet and, so in effect become their own travel agent, but now partly with the encouragement of various airlines, who offered an incentive of cheaper price when making on-line bookings, people are booking more and more of their holidays on-line. |
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http://www.edinburghcastle.biz
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| | bouncycastle.org |
| | A fun place to stay, if you've got some time to kill. | | | We believe so strongly in encryption, that we've gone to the effort to provide some for everybody. | | | Java and JCE are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems. |
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http://www.bouncycastle.org
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| | Castle Learning Center |
| | What really took place at the tournaments and festivals? | | | Often the gatehouse of the castle was the focal point of refuge and attack. | | | Read a brief history of stone and enclosure castles. |
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http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle6.htm
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| | The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation |
| | If you want to play monday - the new online lottery click on more. | | | Parliamentary Friends was launched at the House of Lords in November 2005 | | | The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is the only charity in the UK wholly dedicated to defeating lung cancer, the biggest cancer killer in the world. |
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http://www.roycastle.org
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| | XGenStudios.com - Defend Your Castle |
| | The Original game of Castle Defense; Accept no imitations! | | | Luckily, however, the game provides a few other tricks up your invisible sleeve. | | | You are the commander of your castle, and at your disposal is an invisible hand for picking up the enemy and flinging them mercilessly to their death. |
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http://www.xgenstudios.com/play/castle
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| | Glossary of Castle Terms |
| | Wall-stair - Staircase built into the thickness of a wall. | | | Enceinte - The enclosure or fortified area of a castle. | | | Garderobe - A small latrine or toilet either built into the thickness of the wall or projected out from it; ; projects from the wall as a small, rectangular bartizan |
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http://www.castlesontheweb.com/glossary.html
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| | Stirling Castle Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland |
| | Scotland's breathtaking countryside is studded with ancient castles, and many have stood strong for more than a millennium, each bearing witness to the rich and often bloody history of a nation that has survived generations of attacks from marauding invaders from every point of the compass. | | | Once you've toured the castle, try to make time to take a look at some of Stirling's other attractions. | | | Scottish castles and Tower Houses evolved as fortified dwellings that were erected in an environment of weak royal authority and feuding between rival clans. |
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http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stirling/stirlingcastle
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| | Nottingham Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | If there was it would have been a smaller and far less elaborate in design then the one than the one that was to stand there afterwards, keeping in line withAnglo-Saxon architectural tradition. | | | Commanded by Colonel John Hutchinson, they repulsed several Royalist attacks, and they were the last group to hold the castle. | | | A short time following the break out of the English Civil War, the castle was already in a semi-ruined state after a number of skirmishes occurred on the site. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Castle
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| | Caernarfon Castle |
| | he castle itself had two gateways defended by strong gatehouses; it also had seven towers lining it's walls (which themselves were up to twenty feet thick). | | | However, it should not be assumed that Caernarvon was a weak castle - it's completed defences were formidable. | | | Timber was shipped in from Liverpool, Rhuddlan, and Conway, and labourers began to cut the moat - this also supplied the rock for the walls (which were twenty foot thick at their base). |
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http://www.castlewales.com/caernarf.html
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| | Edinburgh Castle |
| | Within the confines of the Castle, there is much to see. | | | Before leaving the Esplanade, look in the north-east corner for a small iron wall-fountain; it is popularly known as the Witches' Well, and it commemorates the grim fact that, centuries ago, many women held to be guilty of witchcraft were put to death at the stake on this spot. | | | To the north, between the Castle and the Firth of Forth, the spectator has his first glimpse of Edinburgh's new town. |
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http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/tour/castle.html
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| | Castle Glossary |
| | Castellan: a person in charge of the castle. | | | Gate made of intersecting iron bars penetrating each other vertically and horizontally. | | | arrow slit: narrow slit in castle walls for firing arrows. |
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http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle38.htm
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| | Edinburgh Castle Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland |
| | Restoration of Stirling Castle to the beauty and the deep sense of history you experience there today had to wait until the military moved out in 1964. | | | No fairytale castle, this is the real thing, an uncompromisingly defensive structure that seems to grow organically out of the living rock beneath it. | | | By the time the Romans made their brief visits to Scotland in AD80 and AD139 (see our Historical Timeline) it was an important fort of the Votadini people, later known as the Gododdin, who called it Din Eidyn. |
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http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/edinburghcastle
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| | Auckland Castle - Durham's Foremost Wedding, Business Conference and Function Venue |
| | Auckland Castle is the prestigious venue in County Durham for | | | Where material the copyright of which is not held by the said parties is used, copyright remains with the copyright holder. | | | The Castle also has excellent facilities for weddings, concerts and social functions and the scale of charges is negotiable for charities or diocesan, ecumenical or education purposes. |
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http://www.auckland-castle.co.uk
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| | Castle Park |
| | Ride tickets and game tokens can be purchased inside the park. | | | Unlike other amusement parks, Castle Park charges NO fee for admission. |
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http://www.castlepark.com
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| | The Castles of Wales |
| | is often called the "Land of Castles" and rightly so, as it is home to some of Europe's finest surviving examples of medieval castle construction. | | | Dolwyddelan guards an important pass into the mountains of Snowdonia, the stronghold of the princes of Gwynedd. | | | In some instances our photographs of these forgotten castles are the only ones available on the Internet or in mainstream publications. |
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http://www.castlewales.com/home.html
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| | Sheffield Castle Thesis @ GreatArtworks.com (Great Artworks) |
| | This was destroyed during the Second Barons' War in 1266, along with the rest of the town, and was replaced by a larger stone castle in 1270. | | | Find More Information about "Sheffield Castle" in GreatArtworks.com's: | | | Sheffield Castle was a castle in Sheffield, England, constructed at the confluence of the River Sheaf and the River Don possibly on the site of a former Anglo-Saxon long house, and dominating the early town. |
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http://www.greatartworks.com/encyclopedia/Sheffield_Castle
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| | BISHOP CASTLE MAIN INDEX |
| | For the longest time, Jim said that he would build the castle until he turned 50, then start on the Gate-House and Castle Walls. | | | who began stone masonry projects on the grounds seperate from the castle itself. | | | Built entirely with the two hands of ONE MAN with the support of God and a loving family, the BISHOP CASTLE is living testiment to what a poor man can accomplish in a free country armed with his dreams and the determination to make them real. |
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http://www.bishopcastle.org
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| | Ludlow Castle index |
| | The Castle welcomes visitors from all over the world and is open all year round, except for Christmas Day. | | | Ludlow Castle is the setting for regular events, markets, fayres and concerts. | | | Ludlow Castle, the finest of medieval ruined castles, set in glorious Shropshire countryside, at the heart of this superb, bustling black and white market town. |
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http://www.ludlowcastle.com
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| | Hammond |
| | Visitors may also enjoy the beauty of the castle grounds and a view of the Atlantic shore line. | | | In addition to self-guided tours, Hammond Castle Museum offers a number of educational programs and prearranged tour opportunities for school and tour groups. | | | built his medieval-style castle between the years 1926 and 1929 to serve both as his home and as a backdrop for his collection of Roman, medieval, and Renaissance artifacts. |
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http://www.hammondcastle.org
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| | Main Page - Castle |
| | Offering a set of tools (working together or independently) and integration with other open source projects, Castle helps you get more done with less code. | | | We're a growing and exciting community, committed to provide good code and through our projects, allow you to focus more on the problem at hand than all technology specific boilerplate code. | | | Castle aspires to simplify the development of enterprise and web applications. |
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http://www.castleproject.org
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| | Welcome to the Castle Air Museum Web Site |
| | View our calendar to find out what they are and when. | | | When the closure of Castle Air Force Base was announced in 1994, a group of dedicated enthusiasts in the Atwater-Merced area formed a non-profit organization called the Castle Air Museum Foundation, Inc. Their purpose was to assume custody of the collection of aircraft. | | | Contact us now and find out how to become a volunteer or a museum member. |
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http://www.elite.net/castle-air
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| | Castle UK - Loudspeaker Manufacturers |
| | Castle is rare amongst loudspeaker manufacturers in that they not only manufacture the drive units and electronic components found in their speakers but also the beautifully hand crafted real wood veneered cabinets used to enclose them. | | | Since 1973 Castle has been a loudspeaker manufacturers in the truest possible sense with both design and manufacture of their world famous speakers housed entirely in one factory in Skipton England. | | | Because of this complete manufacturing base Castle is able to offer a full five-year guarantee on all their speakers. |
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http://www.castle.uk.com
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| | Castle Racing - snowmobile clothing, motorcycle clothing and other gear |
| | Castle Sales is also known as Castle Racing or Castle X. Some of the brands of race wear (racewear) include: | | | You can see the new Castle X, FXR, and HJC products at the following snow shows! | | | Castle Racing - snowmobile clothing, motorcycle clothing and other gear |
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http://www.castlesales.com
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| | Historic castle castles Scotland famous Scottish castles Blair Castle Perthshire Scotland |
| | The castle enjoys one of Scotland’s finest settings in the heart of Highland Perthshire. | | | One of the first private homes to open to the public in Scotland, Blair welcomes more visitors than any other. | | | With its roots in the 13th century, Blair Castle’s history extends over some 740 years, during which time it has welcomed countless generations of visitors. |
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http://www.blair-castle.co.uk
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| | OFFICIAL JEREMY CASTLE HOME PAGE (jeremycastle.com) est. Feb 1999 |
| | Jeremy's music is definitely classic style country and it continues to grow in popularity more each day. | | | Jeremy Castle's music is comparable in quality to any music ever recorded on any major label. | | | In a time when country music is drifting away from its true traditional country roots, many radio stations and Nashville producers are starting to lose touch with the true sound of traditional country music. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/ok2/jeremycastle
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| | The Royal Residences > Windsor Castle |
| | For part of the year visitors can also see the Semi State rooms, which are some of the most splendid interiors in the castle. | | | Within the Castle complex there are many additional attractions, including the Drawings Gallery, Queen Mary's dolls' house, and the fourteenth-century St. George's Chapel, the burial place of ten sovereigns and setting for many Royal weddings. | | | Visitors can walk around the State Apartments, extensive suites of rooms at the heart of the working palace. |
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http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page557.asp
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| | Arab Gormaz Castle - encyclopedia article about Arab Gormaz Castle. |
| | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | It is located in San Esteban de Gormaz, in the province of Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Spain. | | | The Arab Gormaz Castle (Spanish: Castillo de Gormaz) is the oldest and largest citadel in Western Europe. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Arab+Gormaz+Castle
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| | The World Famous Hollywood Magic Castle |
| | The Magic Castle is the showplace for some of the greatest magicians from around the globe. | | | A remembrance will be held to honor Billy McComb at the Magic Castle on Sunday May 21st at 4:30 p.m. | | | The Magic Castle is the world's most famous club for magicians and magic enthusiasts and home to The Academy of Magical Arts, Inc. |
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http://www.magiccastle.com
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| | Inveraray Castle - A Magnificent Scottish Castle and ancestral home of the Duke of Argyll |
| | History can often be lost through the years, but here at Inveraray we have, over the decades, chronicled the past in order to share it with future generations. | | | Of course we cannot hope to bring you the full magic of Inveraray Castle and hope you will be inspired to visit us. | | | Inveraray Castle is first and foremost a family home in which I have had the great privilege of growing up. |
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http://www.inveraray-castle.com
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| | Build a Medieval Castle |
| | To understand how an army lay siege to a castle, how a castle was defended, or what it might be like to live in a castle (though this varied by who you were) -- build a model castle. | | | Build a Medieval Castle requires Windows 98, 95 or 3.1, and a printer. | | | Free software to print out shields and the elements of heraldry to create your own coat of arms. |
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http://www.yourchildlearns.com/castle.htm
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| | Home: Barque Picton Castle |
| | Browse or search the new photo galleries and see the places and faces of the friends from around the world. | | | Barque Picton Castle departed on her fourth world voyage May 29, 2005. | | | Learn, sail and see North America like never before. |
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http://www.picton-castle.com
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| | Lincoln Castle Historic Friends of Lincoln Castle Thomas Burgh F.O.L.C. |
| | We are not a fund raising body as such, but any money we do make goes toward providing some of the ‘extras’ the castle enjoys, and various ongoing projects within its walls and Prison. | | | Members have the opportunity of training to become castle guides, or of joining the Victorian Prison Re-enactment Group, the Friends Archery Group, who practice with the. | | | English longbow, or the Lincoln Castle Garrison, a fifteenth century re-enactment group. |
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http://www.lincolncastle.com
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| | Skipton Castle, superbly preserved castle, Yorkshire |
| | Over 900 years old, Skipton Castle is one of the most complete and best preserved medieval castles in England and is well worth a visit at any season of the year. | | | Imagine what life was like when Skipton Castle provided protection and security from invaders. | | | Visitors can explore every corner of this impressive history-rich castle, which withstood a three-year siege during the Civil War. |
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http://www.skiptoncastle.co.uk
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