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| Dunstanburgh Castle | Dunst |
Whellan’s Directory | On Sheet | Whellan, in his Directory at page | ||
| (Remains of) | Dunstanborough Castle | North Sea Pilot, Part 3 – Page 28 | 27.8 | 575, gives the following description | ||
| Dunstanborough Castle | Index to Local Historians Table Book Pd 1841 | of this Castle – Viz – | ||||
| Dunstanburgh Castle | Same work. Page 102. Vol.I | "Dunstanbrough Castle, has long since | ||||
| Dunstanburgh Castle | Revd Mr. Rooke | "fallen to decay, nothing now remains | ||||
| Dunstonburgh Castle | T.W. Craster Esqr. | "but a few crumbling ruins. | ||||
| Craster Tower | "It |
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| Dunstanburgh Castle | View of Castle taken in 1728 | "was a British Stronghold, and after- | ||||
| "-wards fortified by the Romans, | ||||||
| "We do not however find it noticed previous to the early part of the 14th Century, | ||||||
| "when it appears to have been rebuilt by Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, general of the | ||||||
| "Confederate Army against Edw. II – All that now remains of this, Castle, are | ||||||
| "the outworks in the north, and west sides, which with the low Cliffs, enclose an | ||||||
| "area of about 9 acres. On the north side the rocks rise to a height of about 30 | ||||||
| "feet; On the northwest point the wall extends along the edge of a precipitous | ||||||
| "rock, having a high, square tower of excellent masonry in the centre, with turrets | ||||||
| "at each corner, and from its appearance, this is supposed to be the most | ||||||
| "modern portion of the Castle – In the south wall is a gateway, which was | ||||||
| "formerly defended by two strong semicircular towers, surmounted by square | ||||||
| "turrets. This wall extends to the Sea Cliffs, and is protected by two square | ||||||
| John McCabe | ||||||
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