Fotheringhay Fotheringhay Fotheringhay is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, north-east of Oundle and around west of Peterborough. It is most noted for being the site of Fotheringhay (or Fotheringay) Castle which was razed in 1627. There is nothing left of the castle to be seen today other than the motte on which it was built that provides excellent views of the River Nene. The Nene Way long distance footpath runs through the village. As the home of the great Yorkist line, the village was, for a considerable part of the 15th and 16th centuries, of national standing. The
Ballynahow Castle Ballynahow Castle Ballynahow Castle is a tower house and a National Monument in County Tipperary, Ireland. Ballynahow Castle is located west-northwest of Thurles, on the west bank of the Farneybridge River (a tributary of the River Suir). Ballynahow Castle was built in the early 16th century by the Purcell family, an Old English family who held the title of Baron of Loughmoe. The lower floors were used in the 1840s as a cottage. The tower house was transferred to state ownership in 1930. The tower house ("caiseal") rises to the chemin de ronde, off which are four evenly spaced machicolations.