Scarborough Castle/External Links

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Official and academic sites

• Scarborough Castle - official site by English Heritage; includes suggestions for activities, a history page, and opening times.
• Phased plan from English Heritage
• Scarborough Castle Teacher's Kit - information, diagrams and exercises from English Heritage. .pdf document.
• Scarborough Castle - Information for Teachers - further information, diagrams and exercises from English Heritage. .pdf document.
• Step Inside Scarborough Castle - information and challenges for younger visitors, from English Heritage.
• Scarborough Castle - factsheet produced by Scarborough Borough Council. .pdf document.
• 'The borough of Scarborough', A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2 (1923), pp. 538-560. Detailed academic account of the features and history of Scarborough Castle.
• New York Times, 18th December 1914 - witness account of the Bombardment of Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool by a soldier stationed at Scarborough Castle.
• Historic Buildings & Monuments Commission for England - government report of a 1998 geophysical survey of the inner bailey.

Unofficial sites

• Castle Explorer - Scarborough Castle - unofficial site including a brief history.
• The Heritage Trail - Scarborough Castle - unofficial site including a brief history and images of various sites of national heritage.
• Gatehouse Gazetteer website record for Scarborough Castle - list of books, journal articles and other sources of information.

Photos and maps

• Web Aviation - unofficial site comprising aerial photographs of the castle.
• Google Maps - satellite image of Scarborough Castle and the surrounding area.
• The Scarborough Castle Pool - Flickr - photographs of Scarborough Castle.