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Aydon Castle Bluebells...

Bluebells shot in the walled garden of the beautiful Aydon Castle Northumberland.

 

Almost completely intact, it is one of the finest and most unaltered examples of a 13th century English manor house. Set in a beautiful and secluded Northumberland woodland, it was originally built as an undefended residence, but almost immediately fortified on the outbreak of Anglo-Scottish warfare. Nevertheless it was pillaged and burnt by the Scots in 1315, seized by English rebels two years later, and again occupied by Scots in 1346.

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Uploaded on May 26, 2015
Taken on May 25, 2015