RPG Inspirational Place of the Day: Blarney Castle

Castles are a fundamental part of a fantasy world, but they can vary in many ways. When you need to describe a castle it helps to look at a few real castles for ideas. For example, the picture to the right is Blarney Castle.

This picture shows several differences from other castles such as the vegetation climbing up the outer wall, some damaged areas that have been repaired, some damage that hasn’t been repaired, a very square primary structure, a separate out-tower, distinctive battlements, and very small windows in the center of the castle walls.

Not only does the castle have distinctive features but the castle’s website has stories about the castle, it has pictures of unique internal castle features and pictures of the castle’s views and grounds.

(Picture by Guilhem D. using the Creative Commons Attribution license.)