Archive for the tag 'Norham Castle'

Filed under Holidays, Northumberland 2009, PhotoHunt

PhotoHunt – Broken

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38 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2010

Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Northumberland 2009

Flodden Field Battle Trail – Part 2

The Scottish Army crossed the border into England at Coldstream, where they razed Wark Castle before moving onto Norham.  They laid siege to Norham Castle for 6 days before destroying it and  moving on.

A castle was first built at Norham in the twelfth century by a Bishop of Durham.  The huge bulk of this building [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 21st 2009