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Norham Castle | Norham Castle | Revd W C King, Vicar | On Sheet | The only portions of this formidable | ||
(Ruins of) | ( |
Alexr Smith Esqr; Galagate | 6.5 | fortress now remaining |
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Norham Castle | Mr Alexr Davison, Overseer | walls and vaults which occupy an eminence | ||||
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on the south side of the River Tweed a short | |||||
distance East of Norham Village. It | ||||||
is constructed of red freestone and about | ||||||
seventy feet in height, containing four stories | ||||||
and has been encompassed by a wide moat | ||||||
on the south and south-west, terminated on | ||||||
the north by precipitous rocks, on the | ||||||
brink of which the ruin stands. On the | ||||||
outside of this moat, enclosing a spacious | ||||||
area |
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two arched gateways, which appear to | ||||||
have been defended on the outside by a | ||||||
trench of considerable dimensions. The | ||||||
Castle, including a dwelling house, and | ||||||
garden, is the property of Mrs Blake. | ||||||
John Callanan 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers |
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