By the end of the 13th century a large prison had been built in the castle ; this was probably constructed in the north-west corner of the Lower Court, overlooked by the Prison Tower.

The halt was primarily the result of Edward's new wars in Scotland, which had begun to consume his attention and financial resources, but it left the castle only partially complete: the inner walls and towers were only a fraction of their proper height and the north and north-west sides lacked outer defences altogether.

On the rock, to the north-west of the city center, lies Cheb castle, built in the 12th century, and now mostly in ruins.

The residential area was to be placed in the north-west, the center of the village in the north and the SS-barracks in the west of the castle area ; between the barracks and village a villa colony for higher SS-leaders ; in the southwest farmsteads.

A little over a mile to the north-west at Castle Hill are the earthwork remains of a medieval motte and bailey castle.

The form of this early castle is uncertain, although Maudit was probably responsible for creating the inner ward in the north-west corner of the fort.

The castle is situated north of Culrain, and around north-west of Bonar Bridge.

As the castle needed additional defences, despite its island site, some time in the middle of the 16th century bastions were established to the north-west, south-west and south-east.

The valley below retains some signs of the drainage ditches that once formed part of the water gardens that flooded the bottom of the site, although the original " water-parterre " to the north-west of the castle, another water garden in the south, and the extensive gardens around the south-west of the castle are now no longer visible.

To the north-west from the castle stand two sixteenth-century towers.

Crewkerne Castle was possibly a Norman motte castle on a mound to the north-west of the town, which is known as Castle Hill.

The South Tower provided the main accommodation in the castle, with chambers in the north-west wing, and a large hall on the upper storey.

The castle forms an irregular pentagon in plan, with buildings along the north and north-west sides enclosing a courtyard.

As for the rest of the site, there were wooden dwellings for the guards ( up to the 18th century ) in the north-west, a ( today unknown ) “ old tower ” somewhere to the left of the castle building was improved, and the western entrance gate of the site was replaced by a big armoury.

To the north-west at Darrow Green are the surviving earthworks of Denton Castle, a small medieval motte-and-bailey castle.

Hillsborough Castle, which is located in the village of Hillsborough in north-west County Down, is not a true castle.

The castle seen from the north-west, showing ( near to far ) the hall, the courtyard, the west tower, the east building, the keep and the south tower

A mile to the north-west in woodland are the earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle known as Park Mound, dating from the eleventh century.

Šariš Castle ( Slovak: Šarišský hrad ) are the ruins of a castle situated at top of a hill, 6-7 km north-west from Prešov, Slovakia in the traditional region Šariš ( named after this castle ).

If the sources for north-eastern Britain, the lands of the kingdom of Northumbria and the former Pictland, are limited and late, those for the areas on the Irish Sea and Atlantic coasts — the modern regions of north-west England and all of northern and western Scotland — are non-existent, and archaeology and toponymy are of primary importance.

While the sources for north-eastern Britain, the lands of the kingdom of Northumbria and the former Pictland, are limited and late, those for the areas on the Irish Sea and Atlantic coasts — the modern regions of north-west England and all of northern and western Scotland — are non-existent, and archaeology and toponymy are of primary importance.

Round the house, in the rift valley, is farmland, but within a short distance to the north-west, on the other side of the fault, are the Grampian Mountains in the Highlands.

The sub-zones are ( clockwise from the north ): the Colli Fiorentini which is located south of the city of Florence ; Chianti Rufina in the northeastern part of the zone located around the commune of Rufina ; Classico in the centre of Chianti, across the provinces of Florence and Siena ; Colli Aretini in the Arezzo province to the east ; Colli Senesi south of Chianti Classico in the Siena hills, which is the largest of the sub-zones and includes the Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano areas ; Colline Pisane, the westernmost sub-zone in the province of Pisa ; Montespertoli located within the Colli Fiorentini around the commune of Montespertoli ; Montalbano in the north-west part of the zone which includes the Carmignano DOCG.

* The Chesterfield Islands, 550 km to the north-west, are reef outcroppings of the oceanic plateau.

Other tributaries of the Warta within Poznań are the Junikowo Stream ( Strumień Junikowski ), which flows through southern Poznań from the west, meeting the Warta just outside the city boundary in Luboń ; the Bogdanka and Wierzbak, formerly two separate tributaries flowing from the north-west and along the north side of the city centre, now with their lower sections diverted underground ; the Główna, flowing through the neighbourhood of the same name in north-east Poznań ; and the Rose Stream ( Strumień Różany ) flowing east from Morasko in the north of the city.

There are also significant areas of forest within the city boundaries, particularly in the east adjoining Swarzędz, and around the lakes in the north-west.

Susu — some already converted to Islam — came south into Sierra Leone, in turn displacing Limba from north-west Sierra Leone and driving them into north-central Sierra Leone where they now are.

The National Botanic Gardens ( Irish: Garraithe Náisiúnta na Luais ) are located in Glasnevin, 5 km north-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland.

Sassarese is spoken in Sassari and its immediate area by approximately 120, 000 people out a total population of 175, 000 inhabitants ; it is also the language of the north-west of Sardinia, including Stintino, Sorso and Porto Torres ; in the mid-northern areas of Sardinia, its Castellanesi dialects of Castelsardo, Tergu and Sedini are more similar to the Gallurese.

The lake region is noted for a vast number of hot springs, which are widely distributed between the Himalaya and 34 ° N., but are most numerous to the west of Tengri Nor ( north-west of Lhasa ).

The Albula Alps are separated from the Oberhalbstein Alps in the west by the Septimer Pass and the Julia valley ; from the Plessur Alps in the north-west by the Landwasser valley ; from the Silvretta group in the north-east by the Flüela Pass ; from the Bernina Alps in the south-east by the Maloja Pass and the Inn valley ( upper Engadin ).

There are two major high angle fault systems aligned north-west and north-east respectively.

If the air masses are strong enough in their respective areas during the summer there can sometimes be a massive difference in temperature between the far north / north-west of Scotland ( including the Islands ) and south-east of England-usually around 10-15 ° C ( 18-27 ° F ) but can be as much as 20 ° C ( 36 ° F ) or more.

The slopes exposed to the north-west, such as Aulus and Orlu, are, as one would expect, the wettest, together with the frontal ridges that meet air flow from the southwest ( giving rise to the Foehn effect ).

Neighbouring departments are Côte-d ' Or to the west, Haute-Marne to the north-west, Vosges to the north, Territoire de Belfort to the east, Doubs to the south and east and Jura to south.

The unemployment rate in the département is very low ( less than 5 %) especially in the north-west, where many small and medium companies are developing rapidly.

The extensive areas of open water, especially the Grand Junction Reservoir in the north-west of the site, are used by large numbers of birds, particularly in winter.

The Cbs St Jean, a pleasant park, lies to the north-west, and squares and open spaces are numerous.

The site of an ancient beacon tower lies just north-west of the village and to the south-west, on the cliff edge at Whitmore Stairs, is the earthworks of an Iron Age univallate hillfort, part of an ancient monument known as the Cwm Bach Camps.

To the north-west of Ancaster is a Roman marching camp and some fourth century Roman earthworks are still visible.

It lies north-west of Nea Kameni, a small island formed in recent centuries by volcanic activity and thus marking the centre of the island group.