Codgers Fort....

Codgers Fort

Northumberland.

 

Folly c.1770 by Thomas Wright for Sir Walter Blackett. Large blocks of roughly-

dressed stone. A triangular bastion c.30 yards long with a square-plan

projection at the apex. The wall is c.8 ft. high, with 16 gun loops. The

front of the square projection has 3 crenellations.

 

The wall ends in 2 turrets c.6 ft. square with doorways on inner returns,

rough projecting cornices and rough, stone pyramidal roofs. They are c.15 ft.

high.

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