Many Ruined Castles Were Fakes

Several artifacts from earlier times can be found by performing a fast Internet search for castle ruins. Half-walls, towers that are overgrown, and parapets. The issue is that not all of those ruin sites are authentic. Several of the castle ruins still standing today were constructed with ruinousness in mind. An architectural trend in the 18th century was preoccupied with the idea of constructing ruins from scratch rather than waiting for structures to disintegrate naturally.

A ruin in Ireland called the Jealous Wall displays a damaged monastery and a staircase that seems like it was once a sizable, magnificent medieval castle. Actually, Robert Rochfort created it as a ready-made ruin in the 18th century.

For a while, these false ruins, sometimes known as ruin follies, were the sexiest vogue among members of high society. At Scotney Castle in Kent, a landowner reportedly constructed a brand-new home for himself merely to destroy the old one and leave it in ruins.