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Chartley Castle, has anyone got anymore detail on this castle, theres not that much on the web.

I recently had a week on the Suffolk/Norfolk border, and this was a castle I DIDN'T get to see. However, I did recently purchase this to add to my collection - this being the first of this castle in my collection, so I'm very much chuffed.

Two old prints of Saltwood Castle recently added to my collection. A steel engraving by J. Greig from the drawing of Saltwood Castle, Kent, by W.A. Sherlock. Published in London in the Beauties of England & Wales, 1803. A steel engraving by H. Adland from the drawing of Saltwood Castle, Kent, by Geo. Shepherd. Published in London Geo. Virtue, 1838.

Watch this space for information on Corfe Castle. If you have any questions before a certain piece is added, just let us know.

Joyouse Gard. Northumbria, off the A 1. It started out as a hill fort much earlier then some think and Ida must have refortified the area when he began his rule. The fort was at first enclosed by a hedge presumably an earthen rampart and later a stone wall. The reference in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle mentions this and its a very remarkable statement as its the only one to reference a defensive work by the Saxons. The name is close to the old Briton name of Din Guayrdi and its town now known as Bamburgh. It's located in what was the Anglo-Saxon portion of Bernicia which was the Danish territory that in some historys Arthur reconqured for his ally Dubnovalus Lo…

Laureen may remember me posting a plan of the keep from this castle - it has a very interesting shape. Here is an engraving of Warkworth Castle from 1779, recently added to my collection.

Plans posted for Scott M from CQ.

An old postcard of Etal Castle, recently added to my collection.

Plan of Chillingham Castle, based on details provided by Mike Salter.