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| Mitford Castle | Mitford Castle | McKenzie’s History | 30 Chains | This once magnificant Castle is seated | ||
| (Remains of) | Mitford Castle | Whellan’s Directory | West of | on a considerable eminence the only | ||
| Mitford Castle | Hodgon’s History | Mitford Steads | existing remains of which |
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| Mitford Old Castle | White’s Directory | which are much delapidated. the inner | ||||
| Stones having been removed for the purpose | ||||||
| of erecting farm buildings &c which leaves | ||||||
| but a mere shell here is a couple of | ||||||
| towers one on the North west end | ||||||
| the other on the South west end. the former | ||||||
| appears to have been used as a prison or | ||||||
| place of con |
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| remains of ditches on the South & West | ||||||
| which appears to have been the main | ||||||
| protection to the Castle. | ||||||
| <u>McKenzie’s History</u> | ||||||
| Mitford Castle, This ancient Castle | ||||||
| is seated on a considerable eminence, | ||||||
| and its foundation rest upon a free- | ||||||
| stone rock. it has been defended on | ||||||
| the South and west by a deep ditch, | ||||||
| and on the north the River Wansbeck | ||||||
| washes the foot of the Castlehill. The | ||||||
| works appear to cover about an acre | ||||||
| of Ground. The principal tower raised | ||||||
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