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Trim - our B&B - Highfield House
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An old priory in the area
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Another stray ruin - the Yellow Steeple. Okay, it's gray and not very much like a steeple. I just report the names, I don't explain them.
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Trim Castle - big and impressive
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A former entrance and gatehouse, with the keep sticking up behind
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Lots of walls
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Looking through the old entrance
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Tower of the curtain wall, and the keep
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Gatehouse again
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A back door or postern. Castles sometimes had such things for easier access to the grounds or a dry moat. Sometimes called a "sally port" for sallying out to attack the enemy, or used as an escape hatch.
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These pictures were taken around behind the castle, and almost cost me a visit inside. The guides were closing the gate as we came up, but had pity on us and let us in.
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The keep
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Some old walls
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More old walls
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Back of a tower
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It was a very big castle, and we're still walking around it.
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More old walls
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More old walls
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Interior buildings
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The entrance, finally
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The castle has sustained lots of damage over the centuries.
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Base of the keep
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A modern bridge gives access to the inside
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Several models of the castle at different stages of its development
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Several models of the castle at different stages of its development. This one shows some wooden hoardings around the middle of the tower.
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Several models of the castle at different stages of its development
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Several models of the castle at different stages of its development
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Several models of the castle at different stages of its development. A better view of the hoardings.
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Several models of the castle at different stages of its development
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The dark opening at the top is a door, the lit opening in the middle is probably a window, the lower one is a doorway.
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Lots of places inside were blocked off as too dangerous for tourists.
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Another piscina
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Some of the original plaster, badly stained
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Steps up to a door going to someplace that isn't there anymore.
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The floors, of course, disappeared long ago
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The River Boyne and countryside beyond
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Again, with some of the external walls
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Stairs, old stone and modern wood, with modern handrail.
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The current gatehouse to the castle, from upstairs
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A building along the river
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Where there used to be a building along the river
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More walls and countryside
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Small tower from above
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Watch tower at top of keep
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Another
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And another
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The older gatehouse, from the keep
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Foundations of missing buildings
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The Duke of Wellington, who was born in the town of Trim
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Tourist descending a staircase
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Yes, that's interesting, but you can't go there
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Dolores descending an even bigger staircase
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The entrance, from inside
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Another old building
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The old gatehouse
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The keep
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Another view of the keep
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Plan of the castle
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Plan of the keep
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Dark fell and they threw us out
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Even at night, the old gatehouse is impressive