Bywell Castle
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Coordinates: 54°57′04″N 1°55′30″W / 54.951°N 1.925°W
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 Bywell Castle
 Bywell Castle shown within Northumberland |
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Bywell Castle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England (grid reference NZ049615). It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument[1]
It was built in 1430 by the Neville family (see Earl of Westmorland) but was never completed. The impressive three storey gatehouse remains.[2] together with part of a curtain wall into which has been incorporated a much later house (Grade II listed)[3].
The Castle is privately owned and not normally open to visitors.
[edit] References
- Images of Bywell Castle & short history
- Bywell Castle
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
[edit] External links
- Map sources for Bywell Castle
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