As you can see the castle itself is very dramatic and dominates the coast line.
The principle castle remains date from the 14th century when the Earl of Lancaster (a cousin of Edward II of England) began the construction of a massive fortress which was later enlarged by John of Gaunt.
The castle is the largest in [...]
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Filed under Crookham 2009, Heritage, Holidays, Out & About
Dunstanburgh Castle
18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 1st 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Crookham 2009, Heritage, Holidays
PhotoHunt – Twisted
Just got back from a break in Northumberland, so I am busy catching up with everything and everyone. I managed to take over 400 photographs, so they are going to take a lot of sorting out!!!
Here is one to be going on with. It is from the ruined Etal castle, showing traces of its [...]
47 Comments CherryPie on Sep 25th 2009
Filed under Heritage
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
The future will be better tomorrow.
Dan Quayle
20 Comments CherryPie on Jul 5th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Westbury via Devizes
After the nice relaxing visit to Bowood there was a bit of time to spare before dinner so a trip to see the white horse at Westbury seemed like a good idea. That was until the slow trog through Devizes. Firstly there was a lot of traffic and also there seemed to be some sort [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 19th 2009
