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Submitted by Anne T on Saturday, 03 June 2017 Page Views: 2997

Modern SitesSite Name: Harbottle
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.429 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Northumberland Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Bellingham Nearest Village: Harbottle
Map Ref: NT9296304793
Latitude: 55.337130N Longitude: 2.112484W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

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5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Anne T visited on 28th May 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Harbottle Modern Standing Stone/Castle: From Holystone, we passed through Harbottle to get back to the A68, so stopped to look at the castle. The site is lovely. I spotted the modern standing stone to the west of the car park. The standing stone is inscribed with words: The Sad Castle Who Made me/Into a ruin/like an old city? Was it the soldiers who rode out on horseback? Was it my old enemy the Scots? Or was it those Border Reivers? Perhaps it was just the centuries passing. Felicity Lance Apparently there are supposed to be 2 poems, the above by Felicity Lance, another by Robert Corley from Harbottle School, carved into the stone by local stonemason David Edwick. I walked all around the stone, even photographing the other faces to see if anything came up on the camera, but only saw the one poem. The Pastscape record says there could have been a pre-Conquest fortress on the site. The motte is very steep, and a walk around the moat/outer ditch was charming. Walking into the ruins from the eastern side, there are lots of lumps and bumps of the remains of walls and buildings. Very enigmatic. Really pleased to have been here.

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Ruined castle with modern standing stone. Situated not far from Holystone with its two wells (Lady Well and St. Mungo's Well), Harbottle is the site of a castle, famed for its connection with Henry's VIII's sister, Margaret Tudor, who was granted the land in 1515. Tantalisingly, Pastscape says there may have been a pre-Conquest fortress at this site.

Pastscape Monument No. 1855 gives much more detail about the history of Harbottle, which is largely regarded as 12th century, says "there as possibly a pre-Conquest fortress on the site" but gives no further information.

This modern standing stone is located on a grassy bank at the west of the small carpark for the castle. It is inscribed on its southern face with a poem by local schoolgirl Felicity Lane, called The Sad Castle, the words of which read:

Who Made me/Into a ruin/like an old city?
Was it the soldiers who rode out on horseback?
Was it my old enemy the Scots?
Or was it those Border Reivers?
Perhaps it was just the centuries passing.
Felicity Lance

It was carved into the stone by local stonemason David Edwick. There is apparently a second poem, but I didn't spot this. The castle is free to visit.
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NT9204 : Sad Castle stone by Oliver Dixon — by Oliver Dixon
©2009(licence)

NT9204 : 'The Sad Castle' memorial stone by Andrew Curtis — by Andrew Curtis
©2010(licence)

NT9204 : 'Sad Castle' stone by Michael Dibb — by Michael Dibb
©2011(licence)

NT9204 : The Sad Castle Stone by Russel Wills — by Russel Wills
©2022(licence)

NT9204 : Carved stone at the castle car park by Gordon Hatton — by Gordon Hatton
©2018(licence)

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