“Built by the Clan Suibhne (pronounced Sween), the castle changed hands many times during the medieval period.” Broadly, it ...

The first phase of restoring a city's oldest standing building has been completed. The Norman Chapel at Durham Castle was built in about 1080 AD and its stonework has severe damp and is decaying.

But stones unearthed here apparently constitute part of the oldest castle keep ever built in Japan. The stones form part of the top section of the base of a Gifu Castle keep likely built by ...