| This is a picturesque jewel of a castle
built as an Edwardian house by Sir Edwin Lutyens (a great architect, well, one of my
favorites) in the bare bones of an artillery fort built in the short reign of Edward VI on a
plug of volcanic rock jutting up from the flat isand of the same name. Have never been inside
it because of odd access hours -- you can get stranded on the island when the tide is in,
and the tide does not always suit with National Trust hours of opening, then when it all works
out, there are a horde of tourists trying to cram into this tiny place. It's well worth the trip
just to walk all around this site, and admire oddities like the overturned boats that have been
converted into sheds. Like all small islands, this place is distinctively atmospheric.
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Another view of the Castle
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