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Road bridge carrying A1 at Mitford.
©george hurrell
©george hurrell
Great sky just before a snow flurry.
©Christine Westerback
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©Alex McGregor
Dist:0.3km<br/>Mitford has a number of C18th and C19th bridges but this is not one of them. It carries the A1 (looking towards Newcastle) over the B6343 (looking towards Morpeth).
©Stephen Richards
Dist:0.3km<br/>One of four WWII pillboxes in the Mitford area built in 1940-1 as part of the Northern Command River Wansbeck Stop Line. Reinforced concrete construction, six-sided, with nine gun-slits and a porch over the entrance. Another near the castle is shown here [[1767720]] The pill boxes face north because it was believed that the Germans would invade north Northumberland from the beaches and then strike south. These two lie south but close to the River Wansbeck and were designed to impede troop movements after crossing the river. There is an old ford to the ENE.
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.4km<br/>The footbridge crosses the small stream that runs on the south and east sides of Mitford Castle.
©Andrew Curtis
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©Andrew Curtis
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©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.4km<br/>The river was very swollen with water after several days of heavy rain. The bridge is shown here http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/mitford.html
©Andrew Curtis
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©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.5km<br/>An early Norman motte dating from the end of the 11th century near the River Wansbeck. In the mid 12th century stone walls were added, but the castle was destroyed in 1215. A second castle was built in the bailey a few years later with an unusual five sided keep and it is this structure which is now in ruins. It was damaged during a siege in the Civil War. The inside of the castle is very overgrown.
©John Watson
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.5km<br/>Ruined bridge on farmland adjacent to Mitford Castle in Northumberland.
©Craig Allan
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©Andrew Curtis

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