Ex-Scotland, Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland (NGR NU 18400 35200) Copy of view of archaeologists at work, 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 archaeologists at work, 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 767956

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Archaeologist uncovering flagged pavement, Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland This is a view of archaeologists uncovering a flagged pavement. One of the archaeologists is kneeling on the paving stones. Excavation indicated that the flagged pavement was first laid in the 9th century and overlaid by a 13th-century pavement which was still in use in the 14th century. Bamburgh was at the top of the hierarchy of royal sites and was a coastal strongpoint fortified by the British. It was acquired by the Northumbrian king, Ida, around the mid-6th century. 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/33/32

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