Dunstanburgh Castle is a splendid ruin. The building of it was ordered in 1313 by Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. It was constructed, like most others, with defence in mind.

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So it comes as something of a shock to discover that Dunstanburgh might always have been intended to look like a mythical fantasy castle: that when the castle was built in the second decade of the ...

Dunstanburgh’s rebellious Lancaster was executed in 1322 and the castle passed eventually to John of Gaunt, who strengthened it by converting the great twin towered gatehouse into a keep. During ...

The new-look bar at the Dunstanburgh Castle Hotel in Embleton. There will be an open day at The Dunstanburgh Castle Hotel on Saturday, February 11 from 11am to 8pm with prosecco and canapes and ...

Emergency services came together for a multi-casualty exercise at Dunstanburgh Castle, near Craster. ... The scenario was that two pleasure craft had collided just off Castle Point with eight people ...

Clouds roll in over Dunstanburgh Castle in Northumberland, as photographers await the much anticipated northern lights (aurora) which failed to appear in many parts of the UK.