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I have similar memories. I remember as kids we used to play in an old castle by the beach, its just open and anyone can go and wander around it. I travel around the UK with my kids and these days everything wants to charge an entry fee, even other castles in similar states of decay/disrepair.

Easily my favourite castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llansteffan_Castle

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> I travel around the UK with my kids and these days everything wants to charge an entry fee, even other castles in similar states of decay/disrepair.

> Easily my favourite castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llansteffan_Castle

Llansteffan Castle is free to enter and wander around in the way you did as a kid, despite being privately owned

What's not allowed are things like wedding photography and drone flying, at least without paying (and having various insurance).

Basically it's free unless you're making money from it.

There are free to access castle ruins and buildings of a similar age and much older all over the UK, they're hardly in short supply. Maybe you didn't intend it but this comes across as overly pessimistic. It's hardly as if every bit of history in the country has had a fence put round it to charge an entry fee.

Not trying to say what you're describing doesn't exist, but the only place I can think of that I've been to that charges to see some 3ft high bits of wall would be Old Sarum, but that also has great views.

Indeed there are so many ruined castles, hillforts, vitrified forts and brochs about that even most locals are fairly oblivious to there existence.

Only a tiny percentage charge and are treated as proper tourist attractions.

Coincidence - that's one of my favourite castles too.

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