Sunday, August 12, 2012

Helmsley Castle

Helmsley Castle-standing outside the birbican we began our audio tour.

"Surrounded by spectacular banks and ditches, this great medieval castle's impressive ruins stand beside the market town of Helmsley."  English Heritage tour book


Walter Espec began this castle after 1120.


This is an artist rendition of what it would have been like.
During the 12th and 13th centuries the crusader Robert de Roos and descendants enlarged the stonework defences during the middle ages.

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