Tarset Castle

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The ruins of Tarset Castle (in the background)

Tarset Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Tarset in the English county of Northumberland .

history

In 1267 John Comyn received from King Henry III. the permission to build a fortified house (English: "License to Crenellate") and so he had a castle built about 800 meters southwest of today's village of Tarset . The castle, which had four square corner towers, was destroyed by the Scots shortly after the Battle of Bannockburn in June 1314. Today you can only find a few foundations on top of a castle hill .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tarset Castle - History . North of the Tyne. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ Domesday Reloaded - Tarset Castle . BBC Online. ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 20, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bbc.co.uk

Coordinates: 55 ° 9 ′ 46.8 ″  N , 2 ° 20 ′ 2.4 ″  W.