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That £10 back then equates to €60,000 today, and as a result of this subsidy, up to 7,000 tower houses were built.

The countryside was all but littered in them.

We became the most castellated country in Europe, by the 16th century, even if most were squat structures, and almost windowless, (clearly, there was no grant for aluminium windows in the 12th century).

In his latest book, Tarquin Blake takes us on a tour of Anglo-Norman fortresses, medieval towers, fortified houses and the neo-Gothic piles of the eighteenth.

The magazine Country Life contains over a century's worth of history relating to the British landed elite (generally of a high scholarly standard) that is.

Author: Tarquin Blake.

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Quick overview In his latest book, Tarquin Blake takes us on a tour of Anglo-Norman fortresses, medieval towers, fortified houses and the neo-Gothic piles.

That fascinating historical snippet is offered up in writer, historian and photographer Tarquin Blake’s latest, lush and learned publication, Exploring Ireland’s Castles from Collins Press.

Now, a photo book on Irish castles might be expected to be of variable quality, and the less-successful example might quickly stack the shelves of visitor centres up and down the country, at knock-down prices.

It’s an obvious market, right?

But, with Tarquin Blake, and in this 220-page book we’re in good hands. As the author and snapper of Abandoned Mansions of