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Since the invention of photography in the middle of the nineteenth century Conisbrough Castle has been captured on film by successive generations.  

These photographs provide a useful aid to our understanding of the castle and its development as a tourist destination.  Please enjoy these images but be aware that copyright may exist on some of them they are therefore not to be used for commercial gain.

To download a larger version of each photo simply click on the image, they may take some time to download if you are using a dial-up internet connection.

2-13 the keep.jpg (34572 bytes)

Aerial photo.jpg (47146 bytes)

veiw from castle hill.jpg (21344 bytes)

Keep.jpg (38588 bytes)

bailey 01.jpg (44804 bytes)

bailey 02.jpg (37364 bytes)

Outside Chaple.jpg (45878 bytes)

Top of the Barbican.jpg (49387 bytes)

bailey 03.jpg (55533 bytes)

veiw 01.jpg (39776 bytes)

main gate.jpg (37837 bytes)

old steps.jpg (44367 bytes)

man by the gate.jpg (33829 bytes)

Lords hall fireplace.jpg (40759 bytes)

inside keep 01.jpg (26612 bytes)

inside keep 02.jpg (32475 bytes)

inside keep 03.jpg (36597 bytes)

Top of the Keep 02.jpg (24677 bytes) Top of the Keep 01.jpg (26349 bytes) look down.jpg (27318 bytes)

b_w aerial view72.jpg (128613 bytes)

Pete Day image 01.jpg (56921 bytes)
This image has been supplied by Pete Day and was taken at some time in the 1980s
Castle with Cattle-1904 (Small)1.jpg (82457 bytes)
Another image from Pete Day, this postcard looks like a hand coloured black and white photo of the Castle taken around 1903/04, the quality is poor but the subject is unusual.

degaretype.jpg (56326 bytes)

Click Here to see a larger copy of this photo.. CN Castle Pond 3.jpg (65256 bytes)
We would like to thank Carol Narey for supplying this photograph of the ornamental pond that once stood where the Visitor Centre is today.  We are not 100% sure when the photo was taken, but we know that the photographer was active in the Rotherham area at the end of the Nineteenth century.
 Vulcan XH563.jpg (75204 bytes) 
This image is of Avro Vulcan XH563 flying over the Castle in 1969. If anyone can tell us why the bomber is flying so low over the Castle we will be pleased to hear from you. If you wish to see other photos of XH563 possibly on the same mission with information about the aircraft please click here
moody b&w ditch.jpg (82754 bytes) old air photo colour.jpg (87040 bytes)
D of E 1970.jpg (143522 bytes) D of E 1972.jpg (176922 bytes)
 

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