Mitford Castle

Mitford Castle
Northumberland, England, UK
Mitford Castle, 2005
Mitford Castle is located in Northumberland
Mitford Castle
Mitford Castle
Location in Northumberland
Coordinates55°09′50″N 1°44′02″W / 55.164°N 1.734°W / 55.164; -1.734
Grid referenceNZ170855

Mitford Castle is an English castle dating from the end of the 11th century and located in the village of Mitford, Northumberland, to the west of Morpeth. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building, enlisted on 20 October 1969.[1] The castle is also officially on the Buildings at Risk Register. The Norman motte and bailey castle stands on a small prominence, a somewhat elliptical mound,[2] above the River Wansbeck. The selected building site allowed for the natural hill to be scarped and ditched, producing the motte.[1]

Mitford Castle was the first of three seats for the main line of the Mitford family constructed on manor lands. Following the destruction of Mitford Castle, Mitford Old Manor House (nearby and to the northwest) was used from the 16th century until the construction of Mitford Hall in 1828. Mitford Hall stands in an 85-acre (340,000 m2) park to the west of the castle ruins.

  1. ^ a b "Mitford Castle, Remains of Inner Ward and Keep, Mitford". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
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