Located between the villages of Craster and Embleton on the northern English coast of Northumberland, Dunstanburgh Castle is a 14th-century stronghold. Utilizing the natural defenses of the site and the pre-existing earthworks of an Iron Age fort, Earl Thomas of Lancaster constructed the castle between 1313 and 1322. As the head of a baronial group hostile to King Edward II, Thomas most likely wanted Dunstanburgh to serve as a safe haven in case the political climate in southern England worsened ... (Read More)