Dally Castle
Dally Castle is a ruined castle about 8 km west of Bellingham Castle in the English county of Northumberland .
history
At the beginning of the 13th century, David Linsey probably had a fortified hall house built in his manor Chirdon in the style typical of the area at the time. The house stood on a chain of hills, was two stories, had particularly thick walls and the ground floor was provided with columns. In the northwest it was protected by a deep moat . In each gable wall there was a loopholes in the middle and three more in each of the other two walls.
Dally Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1237. In 1289 it was confiscated by King Edward I and in 1296 by John Swinburne as a fief.
Around 1300 Dally Castle was converted into a three-story residential tower with square towers on three of the building corners. In 1326, again in the hands of the Crown, this time under King Edward II , it was burned down by the Scottish forces during one of their raids on northern England.
In 1604 the rebuilt castle was in the hands of the Dodds family . By the 18th century the property was already roofless, and by the early 19th century most of the building blocks had been removed for use in other buildings in the area.
More ruins
Immediately to the east of the ruins of Dally Castle were the foundations of what is believed to be a chapel . Further to the east there are traces of the foundations of a smaller house with a square floor plan.
Dally Castle House
Dally Castle House, a farmhouse, was built next to the castle in the 18th century.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 55 ° 9 '11.9 " N , 2 ° 21' 17.6" W.