Donnington Castle

Most of you will never have heard of it but there is a Donnington Castle just outside Newbury, and there were Two battles fought there in the Civil war. It dates back to 1386 and was demolished in 1646 all you see now are some wall outlines and the gatehouse. I visited on a cold January Day.

Donnington Castle from the  carpark below

 First sight of the gatehouse

 You can see Newbury in the distance

 The gatehouse from the front, the steel gates are a recent addition, I seem to remember then not being there the last time I came here

Headstop decorations are still there

    




So are lots of doorways and fireplaces

this was probably one of the out walls or towers  which was grubbed out

Here we look from out side of the keep area

Someone brought a couple of quadcopters   to try out

after this it did a circuit round the Castle

 Wide angle shot of the castle area

Zoomed in a bit towards the gatehouse

 The back wall of the keep

 And another shot towards Newbury with the car park below. The muddy are below I thing was the civil war  defense that was added.

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