In pre Anglo-Saxon times Bamburgh Castle was called Din Guyardi, and was a tribal stronghold of an ancient British tribe called the Votadini. The old name has lead some to believe that Bamburgh was in fact the legendary `Joyous Guard', the castle of Sir Lancelot and Sir Gallahad in the time of King Arthur.

The building is well described in William Tomlinson's Guide to Northumberland;

"A more impregananble stronghold could not be imagined, for rugged strength and barbaric grandeur it is the king of Northumbrian castles. From nearly every point of the compass its majestic outlines are visible. To the mariner plying between the Tyne and the Elbe it is the most conspicuous landmark on the North East coast."

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Last in my castle series.

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