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Since 1996, the Bamburgh Research Project has been investigating the archaeology and history of the Castle and Bamburgh area. The project has concentrated on the fortress site and the early medieval burial ground at the Bowl Hole, located in sand dunes to the south of the castle, evidence of which had first been revealed in a storm of 1817.
The Bamburgh Sword is an Anglo-Saxon artefact from the seventh century. It was uncovered during an archaeological excavation at Bamburgh Castle in 1960 by Brian Hope-Taylor . The sword was missing until his death in 2001, when it was found in a suitcase in his garage.
The current castle at Bamburgh.. The Rulers of Bamburgh (Old English: Bebbanburh; Old Irish: Dún Guaire; Brittonic: Din Guairoi) were significant regional potentates in what is now northern England and south-eastern Scotland during the Viking Age.
During his time at Cambridge, he continued excavating early Anglo-Saxon sites in the North: on Lindisfarne, at Doon Hill , and at Bamburgh Castle, where he discovered the Bamburgh Sword in 1960. [2] Between the work at Doon Hill and Bamburgh, there came the call (in 1966) to undertake engineering excavations within York Minster , when it was ...
Alnwick Castle is a contender for Lancelot's Castle Joyous Garde according to Malory. The castle of Joyeuse Garde in La Forest-Landerneau. Bamburgh Castle, an alternative contender to Alnwick Castle for Lancelot's Castle Joyous Garde (according to Malory) Arthur's Seat; King Arthur's Stone, Swansea; Arthur's Stone, Herefordshire
Sites and archaeology featured: Anglo-Saxon 5th century grave goods excavated in the 19th century in Dorchester on Thames (curator Helena Hamerow) Staffordshire Hoard (commentary by Sam Newton) Anglo-Saxon fortress remains at Bamburgh Castle (director of the excavation Graeme Young)
Bamburgh Dunes seen from the beach. An ancient Anglo-Saxon 7th century burial ground was unearthed in the dunes to the southeast of Bamburgh Castle during an archaeological dig in 1998 by the Bamburgh Research Project. The burial ground, called the Bowl Hole, had been known to exist since 1816 when violent storms removed large amounts of dune ...
The Forsters of Etherstone, Co Durham and Bamburgh, a long-established and prolific Northumbrian family, provided twelve successive Governors of Bamburgh Castle over a period of 400 years, but the family was ultimately ruined as a result of their part in the Jacobite risings in the 18th century. They subsequently lived for over 100 years at ...