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Remains of the Inner Ward and Keep

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Remains of the Inner Ward and Keep

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Remains of the Inner Ward and Keep

Name: Remains of the Inner Ward and Keep
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Location: Mitford, North East England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Haw Hill – The Plough Inn Mitford loop from Morpeth

10.3km

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2. The Plough Inn Mitford – Wooden Stile loop from Mitford

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02:28

110m

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3. Chantry Footbridge (Morpeth) – The Plough Inn Mitford loop from Lancaster Park

9.77km

02:36

100m

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mkirby

July 8, 2024

Inner Ward:

The inner ward features a tall curtain wall on a stepped plinth, with remnants visible on the west side, including a large round arch that possibly led to a balcony. On the east side, a section of wall with a round arch leading to the outer ward is mostly a 19th-century reconstruction.

Keep:

The keep remains up to the first floor but has had its external facing stones removed. The basement is divided by an axial cross wall into two barrel-vaulted chambers. These chambers have an impost band at the spring of the vault, internal stone spouts that likely brought in rainwater, and were probably intended as cisterns. There is a segmental-arched doorway leading to a mural stair.

The first floor of the keep features a chamfered plinth and is accessed via a lobby from an external stair. To the west of the keep are the footings of a possibly earlier 'blockhouse' with splayed arrow loops.

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Elevation 110 m

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Remains of the Inner Ward and Keep

1. Haw Hill – The Plough Inn Mitford loop from Morpeth

2. The Plough Inn Mitford – Wooden Stile loop from Mitford

3. Chantry Footbridge (Morpeth) – The Plough Inn Mitford loop from Lancaster Park

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