Dunstanburgh Castle

Nearest town:
Alnwick (12km SW)
OS reference:
NU257219
OS sheet:
75
Latitude:
55° 29' 24.29 N
Longitude:
1° 35' 35.62 W
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Image of Dunstanburgh Castle (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The medieval wall on top of the presumed line of the Iron Age rampart.

Image credit: A. Brookes (5.5.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 5, 2019
Image of Dunstanburgh Castle (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The open interior. There’s a sizeable space enclosed by the defences.

Image credit: A. Brookes (5.5.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 5, 2019
Image of Dunstanburgh Castle (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The prominent site, seen across Embleton Bay from the northwest.

Image credit: A. Brookes (5.5.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 5, 2019

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Dunstanburgh Castle

C
CARL Jul 31, 2017

Visited 28.7.17

To be honest the real reason I visited the site was in order to knock another English Heritage site off the list. From the castle sweeping views along the coast are to be had and it comes as no great surprise that this was once the site of a promontory fort.

It is a fair old walk to the castle from the car park in Craster (about 1.5 miles) but well worth it, particularly on a bright and breezy day.

As we passed the lifeguard station on the way back to the car the alarm went off and the RNLI sprang into action. A tiny tractor pulled the RIB out along the beach and into the water. Within minutes the rescue craft was roaring out of the harbour and out into sea. Apparently a swimmer had gone missing further up the coast. Hopefully it was a happy ending?

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