Adjacent to the lighthouse is the Saxon church of St. Mary-in-Castro. This beautiful church was restored in the nineteenth century and originally dates from AD 1000. From here we proceded on into the Castle and to the military museum where we found authentic military uniforms worn in throughout the ages, read about the soldiers and their lives, viewed medals including The Victory Cross, and lots more too.
After this we made our way into the castle keep and up inside the castle to explore further.
He wasn't very tidy, this King, was he? Anyway, apparently it is his Valet who haunts this bed chamber and only the bottom half of his torso is visible. He appears to be quite an aggessive soul and doesn't like people venturing into this room. Being interested in the paranormal I was quite surprised to notice two orbs in this picture! If you look to the right of this picture, near the bottom half of the bed is two orbs! Could this be the angry Valet coming to tell us to leave? We didn't see the orbs whilst we were in the room, but we didn't hang around in there either as it was a bit eerie. After exploring the inside of the castle we climbed up the spiral stair case up onto the roof and took in the lovely views! Then we made our way to the Medieval tunnels and from there on to the battlements.
Click here to read about the haunted battlements.
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