Photographer’s Note
Barnard Castle is spectacularly set on a high rock above the River Tees, on the fringe of an attractive market town. Taking its name from its 12th-century founder, Bernard de Balliol, this huge and imposing fortress was later developed by the Beauchamp family and Richard III. Richard's boar emblem is carved above a window in the inner ward, the castle's chief strength: here loyalist forces were besieged during the 1569 Northern Rising against Queen Elizabeth, before surrendering to 5,000 rebels.
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Copyright: Paul Heslehurst (eza1701)
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(3343) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2009-05-25
- Categories: Castles, Architecture, Ruins
- Camera: Canon 20D, Canon 17-85mm F\4-5.6 IS USM, Hoya 67mm Circular Polarizer
- Exposure: f/10.0, 1/60 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2009-05-28 7:16
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