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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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