Man-made ruins of Ballymote Earl Taffa Castle

We went to the Prašivice forest behind the artificial ruins of Count Taffa's Balymotte Castle out of curiosity as to what an artificial castle actually is. We parked our cars on the square in the Nalžovské hory and set off on foot towards the Prašivice forest across the Nalžovský stream. The artificial ruin of the castle was built by Earl Taffe as an imitation of his native seat in Ireland. The family of the Counts of Taff is dated from 1757 Nicholas, then...
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