Advantages: History, Wildlife, Beautiful Scenery, and all FREE! Disadvantages: Unfortunately there is not much of the castle 'keep' left to see.
...to go out and visit Clare Castle Country Park again, this time with a picnic. We had previously visited by chance a few years ago while out on a drive with my youngest son, and had noticed that Clare had a castle. This led us to take a closer look, being interested in history and architecture. HISTORY:
Clare castle is an example of a classic Norman 'motte and bailey' castle. It was first built in around 1090 as a defence, when Richard Fitzgilbert ... ...sister of Lord Gilbert de Clare inherited the castle, she was a powerful and important woman and an ancestor to our present monarch. She kept detailed records of the castles reconstruction up until her death in 1360. During this period the castle was at it best, Elizabeth entertained royalty here, and in1336 funded the beginning of Clare College in Cambridge.
In 1461 the castle became crown property under Edward IV, London then became the governing ...
little_red_hen 19.10.2006 (30.06.2007)
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