BARNARD CASTLE

A large castle built in 1130 on a hill overlooking the River Tees. It was seized by the Bishop of Durham in 1296 who added the Hall, the cylindrical keep and 4 baileys. The castle was slighted in the Civil War.

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Photo from Grobius Shortling's Castles and Ancient Monuments of Great Britain

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In the town of Barnard Castle.

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