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County of Castles

Wars with Scotland and local lawlessness made Northumberland a county studded with fortified buildings, chief among them the castles of power-broking families.

Bothal Castle gatehouse, 1778
Bywell Castle & Village
Morpeth Castle
Dunstanburgh Castle
Lady Chapel at Bothal, 1778
Mitford Castle, 1778
Prudhoe Castle

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