The document provides information on several castles located across the United Kingdom and Ireland, including Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, Windsor Castle in England, Dublin Castle in Ireland, Cardiff Castle in Wales, Caerphilly Castle in Wales, Highclere Castle in England, Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland, and the Rock of Cashel in Ireland. For each location, 1-2 sentences summarize the castle's history, including when it was constructed, former uses, and other notable details.

2. EILEAN DONAN
EDIMBURGH
DUBLIN
CASHEL
CARDIFF
CAERPHILLY
HIGHCLERE
WINDSOR

3. Edinburgh Castle is an historic
fortress which dominates the
skyline of the city of Edinburgh,
Scotland from its position on the
Castle Rock.. Archaeologists
have
established
human
occupation of the rock since at
least the Iron Age. There has
been a royal castle on the rock
since at least the reign of David
I in the 12th century, and the
site continued to be a royal
residence until the Union of the
Crowns in 1603. From the 15th
century the castle's residential
role declined, and by the 17th
century it was principally used
as military barracks with a large
garrison. Its importance as a
part of Scotland's national
heritage
was
recognised
increasingly from the early 19th
century onwards, and various
restoration programmes have
been carried out over the past
century and a half.

4. EILEAN DONAN
EDIMBURGH
DUBLIN
CASHEL
CARDIFF
CAERPHILLY
HIGHCLERE
WINDSOR

6. 
Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest
occupied castle in the world, and it's the
official residence of Her Majesty The Queen.
Built over 900 years ago the castle's floor
covers a massive 480,000 square feet.
The castle is surrounded by some beautiful
gardens and the picturesque English
countryside. St George's Chapel, inside the
grounds, is a fine example of gothic
architecture and features the tomb of Henry
VIII.

7. EILEAN DONAN
EDIMBURGH
DUBLIN
CASHEL
CARDIFF
CAERPHILLY
HIGHCLERE
WINDSOR

8. 
Dublin, Ireland, was until 1922 the seat of British rule in
Ireland, and is now a major Irish government complex.
Most of it dates from the 18th century, though a castle
has stood on the site since the days of King John, the first
Lord of Ireland. The Castle served as the seat of English,
then later British government of Ireland under the Lordship
of Ireland.

9. EILEAN DONAN
EDIMBURGH
DUBLIN
CASHEL
CARDIFF
CAERPHILLY
HIGHCLERE
WINDSOR

10. Cardiff Castle: is a
medieval castle and
Victorian Gothic revival
mansion located in the
city centre of Cardiff,
was built in the late 11th
century
by
Norman
invaders on top of a 3rdcentury Roman fort. The
12th century the castle
began to be rebuilt in
stone Further work was
conducted by Richard
de Clare in the second
half of the 13th century.
Cardiff
Castle
was
repeatedly involved in
the conflicts between
the Anglo-Normans and
the
Welsh,
being
attacked several times
in the 12th century, and
stormed in 1404 during
the
revolt
Glyndwr .
of
Owain

11. EILEAN DONAN
EDIMBURGH
DUBLIN
CASHEL
CARDIFF
CAERPHILLY
HIGHCLERE
WINDSOR

12. 

Eilean Donan is a small tidal island in
Loch Duich in the western Highlands
of Scotland, a footbridge has
connected the island to the
mainland.
In the earlier thirteenth century,
during the reign of Alexandesr II a
large
curtain-wall
castle
was
constructed that enclosed much of
the island. At this time the area was
at the boundary of the Norse-Celtic
Lordship of the Isles and the Earldom
of Ross: Eilean Donan provided a
strong defensive position against
Norse expeditions. A founding
legend relates that the son of a chief
of the Mathesons acquired the
power of communicating with the
birds. As a result, and after many
adventures overseas, he gained
wealth, power, and the respect of
Alexander II, who asked him to build
the castle to defend his realm.

13. EILEAN DONAN
EDIMBURGH
DUBLIN
CASHEL
CARDIFF
CAERPHILLY
HIGHCLERE
WINDSOR

14. 
Highclere Castle is a country house in the Jacobethan style, with a park
designed by Capability Brown. The 400 ha estate is in Hampshire,
England, Unted Kingdom. it is the country seat of the Earl of Carnarvon, a
branch of the Anglo-Welsh Herbert family. The castle stands on the site of
an earlier house, which was built on the foundations of the medieval
palace of the Bishops of Winchester, who owned this estate from the 8th
century. The original site was recorded in the Domesday Book. Since
1679, the castle has been home to the Carnarvon family.location for the
British

15. EILEAN DONAN
EDIMBURGH
DUBLIN
CASHEL
CARDIFF
CAERPHILLY
HIGHCLERE
WINDSOR

16. Caerphilly
Castle
is
a
medieval
fortification
in
Caerphilly in South Wales. The
castle was constructed by
Gilbert de Clare in the 13th
century.
Surrounded
by
extensive artificial lakes. It
occupies around 120.000 m2
and is the second largest
castle in Britain. It is famous
for
having
introduced
concentric castle defences to
Britain and for its large
gatehouses. Gilbert began
work on the castle in 1268
following his occupation of
the north of Glamorgan.

17. EILEAN DONAN
EDIMBURGH
DUBLIN
CASHEL
CARDIFF
CAERPHILLY
HIGHCLERE
WINDSOR

18. The Rock of Cashel also known as Cashel of the Kings
and St. Patrick's Rock, is a historic site located at Cashel,
South Tipperaty, Ireland.
 According to local mythology, the Rock of Cashel
originated in the Devil´s Bit, a mountain 30 km north of
Cashel when St. Patrick banished Satan from a cave,
resulting in the Rock's landing in Cashel
 The Rock of Cashel was the traditional seat of the Kings
of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman
invasion. In 1101, the King of Munster, Muirchertach Ua
Briain, donated his fortress on the Rock to the Church.


19. PILAR PATÓN VELÁZQUEZ
EXHIBITION OF THE CASTLES OF
ENGLAND