Tarset Castle

Coordinates: 55°09′47″N 2°20′02″W / 55.163°N 2.334°W / 55.163; -2.334

Tarset Castle
The ruins of Tarset Castle (in the background)

Tarset Castle Tarset Castle shown within Northumberland
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Tarset Castle is a ruin near Tarset in Northumberland.

History

A licence to crenellate was granted to John Comyn in 1267, and the castle was built half a mile south-west of the present village of Tarset.^[1] The castle, which had four square corner turrets, was destroyed by the Scots shortly after the Battle of Bannockburn in June 1314.^[1] All that remains now is some stone foundations on top of a mound.^[2]

References

1 2 "Tarset Castle". North of the Tyne. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
↑ "Tarset Castle". BBC. Retrieved 4 April 2015.

Castles in North East England

County Durham	Auckland Barnard Bowes Brancepeth Cotherstone Durham Lambton Lumley Raby Walworth

Northumberland	Alnwick Aydon Bamburgh Belford Bellingham Bellister Belsay Berwick Blenkinsop Bothal Bywell Callaly Cartington Chillingham Chipchase Coupland Creswell Dally Dilston Dunstanburgh Elsdon Etal Featherstone Ford Haggerston Halton Haltwhistle Harbottle Haughton Langley Lindisfarne Mitford Morpeth Norham Ponteland Prudhoe Rothley Tarset Thirlwall Twizell Wark (on Tweed) Wark (on Tyne) Warkworth Widdrington

Tyne and Wear	Hylton Newcastle Ravensworth Tynemouth

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