Bamburgh Castle: a Victorian restoration by the 1st Lord Armstrong of a Norman castle on the site of an Anglo-Saxon royal city.

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Bamburgh Castle & beach seen from Harkess Rocks in late evening sunshine. Once the site of an Anglo-Saxon royal city, (& possibly an Agricolan Roman fort) the Normans built a castle here which was restored by the 1st Lord Armstrong in 1894-1903. Substantial remains of a church have been uncovered within the defences.

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Size: 4244px × 5638px
Location: Bamburgh Castle, Seahouses, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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