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In its current state it is difficult to imagine how Penrith Castle might have looked. However a new reconstruction drawing gives an idea of what it was like when Richard III Duke of Gloucester owned and added to it. To find out how & why it was done in our latest blog

And you can see even more details in our latest blog post: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2024/09/2…

Castle Studies Trust Thanks, the Castle Studies Trust does some excellent work.

On Tuesday, our final project of 2024 starts, with Archaeoleg Dyfed Archaeology undertaking a survey of the gatehouse at the privately owned Leybourne Castle. Find out how the study of the gatehouse of this small baronial castle could advance our understanding of castles: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2024/10/0…

Find out below how the gatehouse of a small baronial castle in Kent could transform our understanding of gatehouse and thus castle development.

Closing 6 weeks today!

Exactly one month, that's 31 days, 744 hours (ish) etc time applications to our grant awards will close for another year. We award grants for up 10k to (co)fund research projects that advance the understanding of castles. More details on how to here: castlestudiestrust.org/Grants.html

Piel Island, off the coast of Furness contains a medieval castle that was built by the monks of Furness Abbey. See The Mail at nwemail.co.uk/news/24660424.… English Heritage National Trust Dock Museum The Red Wyverns War of the Roses Fed Castle Studies Trust Appleby Archaeology Towton Battlefield Society Battlefields Trust

The digital reconstruction of how Penrith Castle might have appeared in the late C15, which we funded is now available on English Heritage ' s page for the castle here: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/p…

We're in Country Life . One of the projects we funded back in 2017 to let Dr Jonathan Foyle  study the few bits of masonry remains found of the lost castle of Lathom, Lancs. It appeared in 6 Nov issue and you can learn more from our blog at the time here: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2017/10/2…

Exactly one week to go to closing of Castle Studies Trust applications for another year. End of day 29 November. Details below.

Something we funded in 2021 and it came up with some surprising results: youtube.com/watch?v=rEDIDS…

Applications for our next round of grants have closed and we have a crop of 13 fascinating applications to review from Castle Sinclair in the north to Knepp in the south and from Picton in the west to Canterbury in the east. To see the full list go here: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2024/12/0…

Good chance we're going to fund at least one project on a castle beginning with the letter C. To learn more about the 13 applications we've received see below.

We've submitted an application to Castle Studies Trust alongside lots of other interesting projects across the UK. 🏰 If successful we look forward to uncovering unexplored aspects of Crookston's story with the community.

As mentioned below, please head to @castlestudies.bsky.social to find out our latest news including what grants we've awarded this year...