Clambering Castles
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Discover Turner’s Yorkshire CLAMBERING CASTLES! Can you match the right fact to the right picture? You can check out the website for clues rack the ca C stle ! challenge 1 A King Richard III lived in this enormous castle in Middleham village. Scarborough Castle 2 B Explore one of England’s most com- Turner drew plete medieval castles. over 1,000 The building timber sketches of came from nearby Yorkshire and Richmond Castle Skipton Woods. painted more than 100 3 C Norman invaders built this fortress to watercolours. subdue the ‘unruly North’ – what a cheek! Middleham Castle 4 D You’ll find medieval toys and Turner sketched games at this vast castles from castle, owned by many angles, Lord Bolton. Skipton Castle then chose the most impressive 5 E Discover over 2,500 years of castle view for his history overlooking paintings. the sea. Bolton Castle You can turn over and draw your own Hey eco-artist! Turner-style sketches on the back. Or why not invent a new style of art? Good luck! Answers: 1E, 2C, 3A, 4B, 5D 4B, 3A, 2C, 1E, Answers: Turner got wet! 1816 was one of the wettest summers ever, because of a volcanic eruption in the Philippines in 1815. Turner painted all these great Yorkshire castles. Fill in the missing letters to make an important Turner word. Turner usually showed castles in the background and high up above the rest of his picture subject. That makes them look more important. When you visit, see When Turner painted if you can find the his landscapes, there exact spot where were fewer trees Turner stood to around because sketch. Does your England needed all view look the same, the wood for the wars or has anything against France. changed? Check out even more Turner places on our interactive map at: www.yorkshire.com/turner Conisbrough, Bolton Castle, Helmsley, Richmond, Scarborough and Pickering and Scarborough Richmond, Helmsley, Castle, Bolton Conisbrough, Answers: Ravensworth, Knaresborough,Skipton,Middleham, Spofforth, Spofforth, Knaresborough,Skipton,Middleham, Ravensworth, Answers:.