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.

Kenilworth remained an important Lancastrian stronghold for the rest of the war, often acting as a military balance to the nearby castle of Warwick.

The castle remained in royal hands until it was given to John Dudley in 1553.

The castle remained the property of the Clarendons until 1937, when Lord Clarendon found the maintenance of the castle too expensive and sold Kenilworth to the industrialist Sir John Siddeley.

During her son's prolonged military campaigns, she remained in charge of Kiev, residing in the castle of Vyshgorod together with her grandsons.

It was the capital of France at the time of Louis XI, who had settled in the castle of Montils ( today the castle of Plessis in La Riche, western suburbs of Tours ), Tours and Touraine remained until the 16th century a permanent residence of the kings and court.

Although William returned to York and built another castle, Edgar remained free and in the autumn joined up with King Sweyn of Denmark.

The Roman castle remained standing until the 7th century.

If Knox did not leave, he could stay in Edinburgh, but only if he remained captive in the castle.

Constant feuding with the nobility of Brandenburg led Frederick to withdraw to his castle at Cadolzburg in 1425 and transfer the regency of the margravate to his son John in 1426 ( Frederick, however, remained elector ).

The castle remained a key Parisian fortress, but was successfully seized by the Burgundians in 1464, when they convinced royal troops to surrender: once taken, this allowed their faction to make a surprise attack into Paris, almost resulting in the capture of the king.

Bussy-Leclerc remained in control of the Bastille until December 1592, when, following further political instability, he was forced to surrender the castle to Charles and flee the city.

The Jacobite army, under Charles Edward Stuart (" Bonnie Prince Charlie ") captured Edinburgh without a fight in September 1745, but the castle remained in the hands of the ageing Deputy Governor, General George Preston, who refused to surrender.

In 1905, responsibility for the castle was transferred from the War Office to the Office of Works, although the garrison remained until 1923, when the troops moved to Redford Barracks in south-west Edinburgh.

Diane de Poitiers was the unquestioned mistress of the castle, but ownership remained with the crown until 1555, when years of delicate legal maneuvers finally yielded possession to her.

After Richard's death at Bosworth in 1485 the castle remained in royal hands until the reign of James I, when it was sold.

When Henry died, the castle remained in the possession of Richard I (" the Lionheart "), who offered it to the Aubigny family line under William III comte de Sussex.

Although the castle remained in the hands of the Howard family over the succeeding centuries, it was not their favourite residence, and the various Dukes of Norfolk invested their time and energy into improving other ducal estates, including Norfolk House in London and Worksop.

Constructions on the castle finished in 1413 and it remained standing until it was demolished in 1741 after it had fallen into decline.

Since then, the castle has remained in the ownership of the Crown.

The Royalists unsuccessfully tried to recapture Lancaster in April and again in June ; the town and castle remained under Parliament's control until the end of the war.

During the Irish War of Independence Dublin Castle remained the centre of the British administration, military and intelligence operations in Ireland until the transfer of power and the castle to the Irish Free State in 1922.

The castle gate behind the drawbridge is the only access to the Castle, and it has remained exactly as it was throughout the centuries.

Tattershall castle was recovered in 1560 by Sir Henry Sidney, who sold it to Lord Clinton, later Earl of Lincoln, and it remained with the Earls of Lincoln until 1693.