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Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Hadrian's Wall - Housesteads Roman Fort photo
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Hadrian's Wall - Housesteads Roman Fort photo
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Hadrian's Wall - Housesteads Roman Fort photo
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Hadrian's Wall - Housesteads Roman Fort photo
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Warkworth Castle from the air (postcard) showing most of the elements. Warkworth Castle description from CastleXplorer.co.uk: Warkworth Castle is sited on raised ground in a loop of the River Coquet. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the mid 12th century by Earl Henry of Northumberland, son of David I, King of Scots. In 1157, Henry II recovered Northumberland from the Scots, and in the following year gave Warkworth Castle to Roger FitzRichard. But the castle is most famously associated with the Percy family, who acquired the castle in 1332. The Percy family were one of the most powerful in the country, controlling much of Northern England. Despite having a major castle nearby at Alnwick, they frequently resided at Warkworth and made big improvements to the castle, most notably with the addition of the great keep in the late 14th century. The keep is one of the finest in the country, with an advanced design that would have provided impressive accommodation as well as a status symbol worthy of such a powerful family. The Percy's power struggles brought them into frequent conflict with the monarchy, with the castle returned to royal control on several occasions, but with their influence so great, a Percy was normally soon reinstated. The sixth Percy earl, Henry, on his death in 1537, left the castle and all his possessions to Henry VIII. Subsequent attempts to reinstate a Percy brought misfortune on the castle as the Catholic Percys came into conflict with the protestant Queen Elizabeth. A failed uprising of the Northern Earls against the queen, led to the execution of the 7th earl in 1572, and to the pillaging of the castle by the Queen's servants. The castle was subsequently allowed to fall into decay.
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Aerial postcard view of Housesteads camp on Hadrian's Wall looking eastward.
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Postcard aerial view of Dunstanburgh.
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Aerial view of Corstopitum near modern Corbridge, a Roman supply camp behind the lines of the Hadrian's Wall fortifications. The Site of Corbridge (Roman Corstopitum) – from a sign at the site. The Roman site at Corbridge started life in about AD 85 as a fort, one of a series of such posts on the road linking river crossings on the road linking river crossings Carlisle and Corbridge. The site remained in military use, occupied by a succession of forts for about 80 years. In the 160’s AD exclusive military occupation came to an end. Shortly afterwards new granaries, a fountain, temples, shops and a large courtyard building were laid out. This grandiose scheme was never fully completed, and appears to have been halted by raids by Scottish tribes at some time in the late second century. Early in the third century south of the main road across the site, two compounds of buildings for military use were laid out. These were used by detachments of the Sixth and Twentieth legions, and were retained in military use until the end of the Roman period. Elsewhere, Corbridge was now more civilian in character than military, although supplies for troops were probably stored in granaries. The visible remains form only a small central part of the larger town and base of Corbridge, one of the main civilian centers in the northern frontier zone.
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Aydon Castle from the air - postcard view.
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