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Bamburgh Castle Northumberland coastal old history hill guarding heritage visitors tourists views cricket pitch blue sky iconic stunning impressive fortress
Bamburgh Castle Northumberland coastal old history hill guarding heritage visitors tourists views cricket pitch blue sky iconic stunning impressive fortress
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Built on a basalt outcrop, 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 (see Gododdin, Bryneich and Hen Ogledd)from the realm's foundation in c.420 until 547, the year of the first written reference to the castle. In that year the citadel was captured by the Anglo-Saxon ruler Ida of Bernicia (Beornice) and became Ida's seat. It was briefly retaken by the Britons from his son Hussa during the war of 590 before being relieved later the same year.
Bamburgh Castle is an imposing castle located on the coast at Bamburgh in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Spanning nine acres of land on its rocky plateau high above the Northumberland coastline Bamburgh is one of the largest inhabited castles in the country. The great fortification of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberlandsits on an outcrop of volcanic dolerite. Known locally as whinstone for the sound it makes when hit by a stonemasons hammer, it provides a natural throne upon which the castle sits forty five metres above sea level
Bamburgh; Castle; North East England; Northumberland
Description
Bamburgh Castle stands above the small Northumberland coastal village of Bamburgh. Usually photographed from the village (west) or nearby beach (NE) this is the view from the south.
