The ruins of Dunbar Castle.
The supposed site of the battle of Dunbar fought in 1296.
A view of Stirling Bridge and the Wallace Monument from Stirling Castle. And a rainbow.
A closer view of the previous. At the time of the battle of 1297, the bridge stood slightly further upstream.
Caerlaverock Castle, with a replica trebuchet.
Sweetheart Abbey, near Dumfries.
The scant remains of Lochmaben Castle.
The memorial pillar at Burgh by Sands in Cumbria, where Edward I died.
A closer shot of the pillar, which was erected in the seventeenth century.
Lanercost Priory, Cumbria.
The ruins of Berwick Castle, now the site of the town's station.
The keep at Norham Castle.
The interior of Norham Church, where much of the negotiation between Edward and the Scots took place in 1291.
A view of Norham from the Scottish side of the River Tweed.
A view of the Tweed, looking upriver, taken from the top of the motte of the castle at Wark.
The Gloriette at Leeds Castle, much rebuilt in later centuries, dates from Edward's redevelopment of the 1280s.
The tomb of Otto de Grandson in Lausanne Cathedral. Edward's friend and close contemporary, Otto was around 90 years old when he finally died in 1328.
Chillon Castle on Lake Geneva, one of the early works of Master James of St George, builder of Edward's castles in Wales.
The church at Beaumont en Perigord. Note that its towers have arrowloops and machicolations!
The twelfth-century hall at La Reole, an important town on the River Garonne.
The much maligned remains of Blanquefort Castle, where Edward liked to stay when in the neighbourhood of Bordeaux, and where he probably took his second crusade vow in 1287. Almost all of the standing masonry dates from after Edward's time.
The cathedral at Jaca in northern Spain. Edward travelled to Jaca in 1288 to negotiate the release of his cousin, Charles of Salerno, from Aragonese captivity.
Marc in the mountains on the way back from Jaca. The range behind is the called the Cirque de Lescun.
Marc meets the owner of Bonnegarde, a fellow historian and hat-wearer. Edward stayed at Bonnegarde for three months in the winter of 1288-89 and made several major modifications to the site.
The medieval bins used for measuring grain in the market hall at Monpazier, arguably the most attractive of all Edward's bastides.
Monpazier is one of the few places in the world besides Westminster where Edward I is considered a favourite son.
Monpazier. The distinctive arched buildings, known as cornieres, are a common feature of many bastides.
The western doorway to Amiens Cathedral, snapped at night during a son-et-lumiere that showed the original decoration. The whole west face was illuminated in this way to astonishing effect.
The same door by the light of day.
The west face of Amiens Cathedral.
Caernarfon
The road to Llyn-cwm-Dulyn, close to the village of Nazareth, south of Caernarfon.
Llyn-cwm-Dulyn. Edward and his court spent three weeks in this remote location, including his 45th birthday, during the summer of 1284, when the king returned to Wales to celebrate his recent conquest. The records do not tell us why...
Bardsey, an island off the far end of the Llyn Peninsula, also visited by Edward in the summer of 1284.
Criccieth, a native Welsh castle, rebuilt by Edward I.
Castell-y-Bere, another Welsh castle appropriated by Edward. It was soon abandoned due to its remote inland location.
The ruins of Castell Dinas Bran.
The ruined gatehouse at Denbigh.
The moat of the lost medieval manor house at Harby, where Eleanor of Castile died on 28 November 1290.
The Eleanor Cross at Geddington.
A closer view of the Geddington cross.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Northampton. Built in the early twelfth century, this round church was almost certainly the reason Edward and his friends chose to take the cross in Northampton in 1268. His uncle, Richard of Cornwall, had similarly reaffirmed his vow in Northampton thirty years earlier.
The Eleanor Cross at Hardingstone, just south of Northampton.
The heavily restored Eleanor Cross at Waltham, Herts.
