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A quick fly around Penrith Castle — a place that’s seen everything from medieval defence to Tudor politics to centuries of slow collapse. What’s left still has enough presence to dominate the edge of the town. Built and rebuilt across the 14th and 15th centuries, it later became home to Richard, Duke of Gloucester — the future Richard III — during his time as Lord of the North. Hard to imagine now, with trains running past and the park wrapped around it. A simple look from the air shows the shap