Ex-Scotland, Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland (NGR NU 18400 35200) Copy of view of excavations, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor in 1960-61 and 1970-74 Digtial image only

Description Ex-Scotland, Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland (NGR NU 18400 35200) Copy of view of excavations, excavations by Brian Hope-Taylor in 1960-61 and 1970-74 Digtial image only

Date 1960 to 1974

Collection Papers of Brian Hope-Taylor, archaeologist, Cambridge, England

Catalogue Number SC 767789

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Excavations at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland The trenches opened by Brian Hope-Taylor are visible at the foot of the round mill-house built in the 18th century. In this area, Brian Hope-Taylor discovered remains dating back to the 1st century BC. When Bamburgh Castle first became part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Bernicia in the 6th century, it looked nothing like it does today. Documentary evidence from the 8th century records Bamburgh as being fortified by a hedge and then by a timber palisade. Bamburgh Castle has been described as one of the finest castles in England and it was the site of one of Northumbria's most important Anglo-Saxon centres. It was excavated by Brian Hope-Taylor in the 1960s and 1970s. The excavations revealed that the site had been in use since the Iron Age. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference HT/33/16

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