Barnard Castle: Castle
Description
The ruins of this medieval castle - originally built by the Balliol family starting at the end of the 11th century, at one time it was a favourite castle of King Richard III. The castle eventually passed to the Neville family and they decided to concentrate on their main property at Raby Castle, about 7 miles away, so the castle was abandoned and used as a source of stone for Raby. Today most of the curtain wall and parts of some of the towers still survive, with a large amount of land included within the curtain walls.
Charge
Charge
Getting There
In the centre of Barnard Castle - see Barnard Castle for more details
Latitude: 54.543538; Longitude: -1.926005
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Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (01/06/2021), and on time of last update (05/06/2021) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.