This is not an official
Lego site.
These castles were all built by Bob Carney using standard Lego bricks and parts.
Each castle is a scale model of a real European medieval castle.
The first phase of each new project begins with in depth research
in libraries and on the internet, and then drawing the plans to
"Lego scale". Once I'm reasonably sure I've got enough
of each kind of Lego brick needed to complete the project, I'm
ready to build.
With my 122nd castle well underway, for ease of selecting areas
of interest, I've broken them up by their country of origin. Just
click on any of the castle names that interest you (or all of
them if you like) and you'll be treated to several photographs
and a plan of the real castle, a brief history (possibly with
personal notes) and pictures of my Lego model. There's also a
Build Your Own section with my working Lego plans and one or more
URLs referring you to related castle sites on the World Wide Web.
Here are a pair of quick links to my latest models: The first is
my 122th castle (May-June 2008): the once powerful royal castle, Stegeborg, located near Söderköping,
Sweden. The second is a link to
my 121st castle (April 2008), Castello di San Giorgio in Mantua, Italy. This castle is an
all-time favorite of mine, and I'm glad to have finally built it!
You can also
click on the name of the country where the castles are located (or
the small picture) to link to a Castle Locator Map, with castles
listed in the order I built them [maps for non-France portions of
Europe will be made after I've built a few more castles!]. Also,
after countless emails, I've decided to include a FAQ section which will hopefully answer
most general questions. I'd still like to hear your comments! An
updated castle lineage is now available -- it shows the
order in which the castles were built and in which country the
castle is located. The castle currently under construction is
also noted.
I have also added a page for novice but enthusiastic castle
builders which is basically made up of several of my early
castles which have largely been ignored on this Main Page due to
the larger later edition. Pictures of the smaller castles plus
available plans and elevations can be found at Early
Castles and should be
more rewarding for the beginner. There is also a Castle
Builders' Page where
you can enjoy the efforts of your colleagues! I will update it as
regularly as I receive input from various Lego friends.
In addition, I've assembled a
page which I call Mystery Castles. In my thousands of hours of castle
research I have occasionally discovered a mislabeled picture.
More often I come across interesting and usually picturesque
castles in travel brochures and the like. While I often recognize
the castle, sometimes it's completely unknown to me (and usually
not identified in the ad). The contents of my file folder come
and go, but I just added several new unknowns which I've no clue
about! Good luck!
While researching and modelling
castles is my love, occasionally I use my Lego to build other
things. Here's my favorite non-castle projects on a page entitled
Trains, Ships and Other Stuff, including my new 22-oar
Viking longboat. Then there is a page describing the history,
design, purchase and setup of my plastic tip-out bin storage
system. If you are
thinking about a major alteration in the way you are sorting and
storing your Lego bricks, and you are willing to spend a fair
amount of money for the convenience, then click on the link above.
Finally, you will see no advertising on my webpage, but I must
put in a plug for BrickJournal. And thank you all very much for
visiting my Lego Castles webpage!
Site created and maintained by Robert Carney.
