Whorlton Castle
The present remains are only a gatehouse, most of the stone was carted away to build houses in a village close by.
The gatehouse was used as a barn by an adjacent farm so survived.
William the Conqueror stayed here in 1069-70, while organising laying waste most of the North of England in an early version of ethnic cleansing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrying_of_the_North
Every settlement was destroyed, animals killed, crops burnt.
They even spread salt on the fields so crops could not be planted for years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQxwGU8UbkQ
The present remains are only a gatehouse, most of the stone was carted away to build houses in a village close by.
The gatehouse was used as a barn by an adjacent farm so survived.
William the Conqueror stayed here in 1069-70, while organising laying waste most of the North of England in an early version of ethnic cleansing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrying_of_the_North
Every settlement was destroyed, animals killed, crops burnt.
They even spread salt on the fields so crops could not be planted for years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQxwGU8UbkQ
