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Two figures stand on the merlons (solid upright sections of a battlement) of the gatehouse at the north-east corner of the castle. They are very worn. According to a description in 1889, one sounds a horn and the other lifts a stone as if to cast it down on assailants. Below them there is a row of carved shields bearing the arms of Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, Thomas Lord Wake, Robert Bertram, Henry Percy, John Davy, William Greystoke, the Hastings family, John de Coupland and William de Felton of Edlingham.

Title

Figures on Battlement

Date

c.1343

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 100 x W (?) x D (?) cm (E)

Accession number

NE61_SD_S008

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade I (England and Wales)

Listing date

14/04/49

Access

not accessible

Access note

This is a private residence. The statue holding the lifted stone can be seen from the public footpath to the left of the castle.

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Bothal Castle, Bothal

NE61 6SL

Set on the walls of the castle gatehouse.

Artist or maker

unknown artist

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