Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland
Bamburgh Castle is located on the coast at Bamburgh in Northumberland. Sprawling dramatically across nine acres of land, high on a volcanic dolerite outcrop above the coastline, Bamburgh is one of the largest inhabited castles in the country.
The location was previously home to a fort of the native Britons known as Din Guarie and may have been the capital of the British kingdom of the region from the realm's foundation in c.420 until 547, the year of the first written reference to the castle.
The Vikings destroyed the original fortification in 993. The oldest part of structure that can be seen now (the Keep) was built in 1164.
Throughout the centuries Bamburgh Castle was attacked many times over by the Scots and in 1464 during the War of the Roses it became the first Castle to be defeated by artillery attack.
Over the centuries in the 1700's and 1800's the Castle fell into a state of disrepair before being bought in 1894 by the Victorian industrialist Lord Armstrong who completed the restoration. The Castle is still occupied by the Armstrong family to this day and they allow visitors to experience this wonderful Castle's character and amazing history.
Date: 12th June 2014
Location: view from the boat from Seahouses Harbour
The location was previously home to a fort of the native Britons known as Din Guarie and may have been the capital of the British kingdom of the region from the realm's foundation in c.420 until 547, the year of the first written reference to the castle.
The Vikings destroyed the original fortification in 993. The oldest part of structure that can be seen now (the Keep) was built in 1164.
Throughout the centuries Bamburgh Castle was attacked many times over by the Scots and in 1464 during the War of the Roses it became the first Castle to be defeated by artillery attack.
Over the centuries in the 1700's and 1800's the Castle fell into a state of disrepair before being bought in 1894 by the Victorian industrialist Lord Armstrong who completed the restoration. The Castle is still occupied by the Armstrong family to this day and they allow visitors to experience this wonderful Castle's character and amazing history.
Date: 12th June 2014
Location: view from the boat from Seahouses Harbour
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