The castle has since disappeared and the settlement now known as Azincourt adopted the name in the 17th Century.

The city also has castle known as Margrafen – Schloss built between 1704-1738.

Since 1987 an illustration of the castle has featured on the reverse side of £ 100 notes issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

The plot is usually set in a castle, an abbey, a monastery, or some other, usually religious edifice, and it is acknowledged that this building has secrets of its own.

* Latin'll ' has become-dd-( like casteddu, beddu ' castle ', ' beautiful '), the same as in Sardinian, southern Corsican and Sicilian ( but castellu, bellu in northern Corsican );

The film has a notable jousting scene as well as a well choreographed castle siege sequence.

The capital has also been known as " Castro " or " Kastron " ( Καστρον ; meaning castle ).

Constructed from Norman through to Tudor times, the castle has been described by architectural historian Anthony Emery as " the finest surviving example of a semi-royal palace of the later middle ages, significant for its scale, form and quality of workmanship ".

English Heritage has managed the castle since 1984.

In 1958 his son gave the castle itself to the town of Kenilworth and English Heritage has managed the property since 1984.

At the junction between the inner and outer baileys, on the north side of the castle stood a tall five-sided keep, the eastern parts of which has been pulled down.

No other version of the story has Macbeth kill the king in Macbeth's own castle.

Mervyn Peake never returned to China but it has been noted that Chinese influences can be detected in Peake's works, not least in the castle of Gormenghast itself, which in some respects echoes the ancient walled city of Peking ( Beijing ) as well as the enclosed compound where he grew up in Tientsin ( Tianjin ).

Al-Fayed has invested more than £ 20 million in the estate, restored the 14th century pink Balnagowan castle, and created a tourist accommodation business.

Mancala has also been found in Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece (" Mandoli ," Cyclades ) and in a remote castle in southern Germany ( Schloss Weikersheim ).

These fortifications evolved over the course of the Middle Ages, the most important form being the castle, a structure which has become linked with the medieval era to many.

The castle has been the equivalent of a holiday residence for the Giudichessa Eleanor of Arborea, and was object of alternate possession by the Giudicato d ' Arborea and the Aragon, during the long fight before the Spanish conquest.

The name has been associated with the castle of Volturno in Campania but even this is not concrete.

There, he finds that the ruined part of the castle has become infested with undead creatures, which are attacking the castle's desperate garrison.

Gawain, for example, has an adventure in the 1973 version which is not a part of the poem between the time he leaves Camelot and the time he arrives at Bertilak's castle.

* Spook: A miserable, comically destitute prisoner who for many years has lived in the dungeons beneath the castle.

The iconic castle has become a symbol of Osaka's re-emergence as a great city after its devastation in World War II.

It has been also suggested that in the context the meaning of linda in the archaic Estonian language, that is similar to lidna in Votic, had the same meaning as linna or linn later on meaning a castle or town in English.

Totnes has a long recorded history, dating back to AD 907 when its first castle was built ; it was already an important market town by the 12th century.

A statue of the sleeping Ogier has been placed in the castle.

At the same time, however, I availed myself of the services of that great English actor and master of make-up, Sir Gauntley Pratt, to do a `` quickie '' called The Mystery of the Mad Marquess, in which I played a young American girl who inherits a haunted castle on the English moors which is filled with secret passages and sliding panels and, unbeknownst to anyone, is still occupied by an eccentric maniac.

A bridge castle from the 13th century, the Germans ' Gate, which played a crucial defensive role during the siege, stills visible today and bullet impacts from the muskets used during the assaults can be seen on its facade.

The castle was an important border fortification along the Welsh Marches, and played a significant role in local, regional and national conflicts such as the Owain Glyndŵr rebellion, the Wars of the Roses and the English Civil War.

Examples of a chess puzzle include deducing the last move played, the location of a missing piece, or whether a player has lost the right to castle.

The " castle of Istakhr " played a conspicuous part several times during the Muslim period as a strong fortress.

This is played out chiefly through the central character of the book Titus Groan, who longs to be free and follow his own course in life, but is bound as the heir to the throne of the House of Groan, to the ancient laws and traditions of the castle.

For 31 years, Imperial Beach played home to the U. S. Open Sand Castle competition, the largest sand castle competition in the United States, drawing in approximately 325, 000 people.

In his book Early Golf, Steven van Hengel describes how the game of " Colf " or " Kolf " was played in 1297 near the castle of Kronenburg.

With as many as 83 people living in the castle at any one time, the castle played a major role in the surrounding economy during the period.

* A Shrove Tuesday football match, known as Scoring the Hales is played in the Pastures ( the fields below the castle ) between the parishes of St. Paul and St. Michaels.

In the Middle Ages, the castle played an important role as a lookout post for the German Emperors and was the centre of the Reich territories of the Pleißenland ( anti-Meißen Pleiße-lands ).

Kyrenia castle played a pivotal role in the island's history during the many disputes among the Frankish kings, as well as the conflicts with the Genoese.

The first hole is played along an avenue of lime trees which once flanked the old coach road from the old Norman castle in the town to the now demolished Willesley Hall.

He played an important role capturing and slighting English-held castles in south-west Scotland, including Rutherglen castle which he successfully recaptured from the English in 1313.

Over the next few centuries, the castle played an important part in several wars, withstanding the siege of Madog ap Llywelyn between 1294 – 95, but falling to Owain Glyndŵr in 1404.

Over the next few centuries, the castle played an important part in several wars.

The castle played an important role as a place of exile and a power base several times during the Mamluk Sultanate.

In the meantime the cannonading had played havoc with the defences of the castle.

Kossuth played a key role in tying down the Hungarian army for weeks for the siege and recapture of Buda castle, finally successful on 4 May 1849.

Over the years the castle has played host to numerous luminaries ; Queen Victoria visited it in 1847, and the Royal connection was further cemented when her daughter, Princess Louise, married the heir to the Campbell chieftainship, the Marquis of Lorne, in 1871, illustrating the elevated position of the Argyll family in the social pecking order of the times.

It featured three main characters: a giant named Friendly ( played by Bob Homme ), who lived in a huge castle, along with his puppet animal friends Rusty ( a rooster who played a harp and lived in a book bag hung by the castle window ) and Jerome ( a giraffe ).