Beautiful abandoned castles like fairy tales with mysterious stories

Located on the banks of the poetic Thames River or in the middle of vast green plains, abandoned castles in England have an ancient, romantic beauty.

The ancient, majestic beauty of the abandoned Abbey Castle in North Yorkshire at dawn. The ruins of the castle show that it was once very large and majestic.

Wardour Castle near the village of Tisbury was built in the 14th century. It was once a magnificent castle but was unfortunately destroyed during the war. The ruins of Wardour Castle with its ancient, romantic beauty were featured on television in the film Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.

Kilchurn Castle was built in the mid-15th century. The castle consists of 4 floors, located in Scotland. Unfortunately, this castle is located in a dreamy location, with majestic mountains behind it and a peaceful, slow-flowing river in front of it, but it has been abandoned since the 1700s.

Racton Folly Castle near Walder was built in the 18th century in a clearing in the woods. This fairytale castle has been abandoned for more than a century.

The majestic interior of the Grade 1 castle on Abbey Mountain in North Yorkshire. It was once one of the largest and best preserved castles in England. It was built in the 12th century and abandoned around the 16th century.

Dolbarden Castle is nestled in a beautiful forest in Wales. It was built by Prince Llywelyn of Wales in the 13th century.

The Maunsell Forts were small fortified towers built at the Thames and Mersey estuaries to protect Britain during World War II. Each fort consisted of a cluster of seven buildings surrounding a command tower. Built in 1942 and decommissioned in the early 1950s, the forts are now heavily rusted.

Raglan Castle was built in the 1430s and was used as a meeting place by Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarians during the Civil War in 1646. It is no surprise, then, that Raglan Castle has been described as one of the best kept secrets. This medieval site in south Wales still retains its main architectural features, including its towers and large moat.

The abandoned 16th-century Ardvreck Castle, now a mere fragment of a wall, sits on a barren mound in the middle of Loch Assynt in the Sutherland region of the Scottish Highlands. The castle is believed to have been where the Marquess of Montrose was held in 1650 before he was taken to Edinburgh for trial.

Fussells Ironworks is located near the village of Mells, Somerset, and was built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This ironworks used to be home to about 250 people, producing iron tools such as sickles and shovels, but ceased operations in 1990. Abandoned for many years, this ironworks is covered with moss, becoming a haunted tourist destination that tourists cannot ignore. It would be a waste to miss this place when traveling to England.

Gwrych Castle was built in 1812 and took 10 years to complete. The castle is located in Abergele, Conwy, Wales. It was home to around 200 Jewish refugees during World War II.

The idyllic Dunottar Castle, located on the edge of the North Sea in northeastern Scotland, was featured in the Disney film Brave.

Hidden in the misty village is Corfe Castle, located in the middle of the Purbeck Hills in Dorset, giving it a ghostly and “goosebump-inducing” look. This place was a military base that “survived” the English Civil War, but was partly damaged in 1646 due to the destruction by the parliamentarians.

Carreg Cennen Castle, which means “Castle on the Rock,” is located in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. The name of this castle is quite descriptive. Carreg Cennen is built on a cliff overlooking the Black Mountain and the River Cennen.

The Bottalack Mine in West Cornwall was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2006.

Part of the Bottalack mine cluster, the arsenic refinery is located on the cliff.

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