Mitford Castle
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Mitford Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building at Mitford, Northumberland.
The Norman motte and bailey castle stands on a small prominence above the River Wansbeck and presents the ruinous remains of an unusual pentagonal keep. The castle was dismantled in about 1318 and was probably never rebuilt.
The castle is officially on the Buildings at Risk Register although the owner Mr Bruce Shepherd is believed to have ambitions for its restoration.
[edit] References
The David and Charles Book of Castles, 1980, Plantagenet Somerset Fry ISBN 0 7153 7976 3
[edit] External links
- Owner's Historical Note
- Images of England - details from listed building database (inner ward and keep)
- Images of England - details from listed building database (west curtain wall buildings)
- Images of England - details from listed building database (east curtain wall)
- Images of England - details from listed building database (chapel)
- Images of England - details from listed building database (headstones)
- This building is on the English Heritage - Buildings at Risk Register - link to entry (Buildings at Risk Register article)
