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Dally Castle, the Glossary

Dally Castle is a ruined 13th-century stone motte-and-bailey fortress in Northumberland, and one of the first hall houses in Northumberland.^[1]

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Castles in Northumberland
Houses completed in the 13th century
Mock castles in England

Abutment

An abutment is the substructure at the ends of a bridge span or dam supporting its superstructure.

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Alexander III of Scotland

Alexander III (Modern Gaelic:; 4 September 1241 – 19 March 1286) was King of Alba (Scotland) from 1249 until his death.

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Arch

An arch is a curved vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it.

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An arrowslit (often also referred to as an arrow loop, loophole or loop hole, and sometimes a balistraria) is a narrow vertical aperture in a fortification through which an archer can launch arrows or a crossbowman can launch bolts.

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Ashlar

Ashlar is a cut and dressed stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape.

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Battlement

A battlement, in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals to allow for the launch of arrows or other projectiles from within the defences.

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Bellingham Castle

Bellingham Castle was a motte and bailey fortress in Northumberland, founded by the De Bellingham family. Dally Castle and Bellingham Castle are castles in Northumberland.

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Bellingham, Northumberland

Bellingham is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, to the north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne and is situated on the Hareshaw Burn at its confluence with the River North Tyne.

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Bolbec Castle

Bolbec Castle or Bolebec Castle, was a castle in the village of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Buttress

A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall.

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Chamfer

A chamfer is a transitional edge between two faces of an object.

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Cliff

In geography and geology, a cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical.

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Colonnade

In classical architecture, a colonnade is a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building.

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Corbel

In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket.

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Course (architecture)

A course is a layer of the same unit running horizontally in a wall.

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David de Lindsay

Sir David de Lindsay (died 1214), Lord of Crawford and Ercildum (now Earlston), known as "the elder" to distinguish him from his son, was an Anglo-Scottish baron of the 12th and 13th century.

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David de Lindsay of the Byres

David de Lindsay, Lord of Barnweill and Byres (died 1279), was a Scottish knight and crusader.

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Earl of Suffolk

Earl of Suffolk is a title which has been created four times in the Peerage of England.

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Embrasure

An embrasure (or crenel or crenelle; sometimes called gunhole in the domain of gunpowder-era architecture) is the opening in a battlement between two raised solid portions (merlons).

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A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.

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Ford (crossing)

A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading, or inside a vehicle getting its wheels wet.

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Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches.

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Gristmill

A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings.

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Hall house

The hall house is a type of vernacular house traditional in many parts of England, Wales, Ireland and lowland Scotland, as well as northern Europe, during the Middle Ages, centring on a hall.

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Haughton Castle

Haughton Castle is a privately owned country mansion and Grade I listed building, situated to the north of the village of Humshaugh on the west bank of the North Tyne. Dally Castle and Haughton Castle are castles in Northumberland and Grade I listed buildings in Northumberland.

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Henry III of England

Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272.

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Intensive pig farming

Intensive pig farming, also known as pig factory farming, is the primary method of pig production, in which grower pigs are housed indoors in group-housing or straw-lined sheds, whilst pregnant sows are housed in gestation crates or pens and give birth in farrowing crates.

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Jamb

A jamb, in architecture, is the side-post or lining of a doorway or other aperture.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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John Hodgson (antiquary)

John Hodgson (1779–1845) was an English clergyman and antiquary, known as the county historian of Northumberland.

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John, King of England

John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.

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Justiciar of Lothian

The Justiciar of Lothian (in Norman-Latin, Justiciarus Laudonie) was an important legal office in the High Medieval Kingdom of Scotland.

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Molding (decorative)

Moulding (British English), or molding (American English), also coving (in United Kingdom, Australia), is a strip of material with various profiles used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration.

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Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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Northumberland

Northumberland is a ceremonial county in North East England, bordering Scotland.

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Packhorse bridge

A packhorse bridge is a bridge intended to carry packhorses (horses loaded with sidebags or panniers) across a river or stream.

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Parapet

A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.

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Respond

In architecture, a respond is a half-pier or half-pillar that is bonded into a wall and designed to carry the springer at one end of an arch.

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River Tyne

The River Tyne is a river in North East England.

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Rubble

Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture; undressed especially as a filling-in.

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Ruins

Ruins are the remains of a civilization's architecture.

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Sill plate

A sill plate or sole plate in construction and architecture is the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached.

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Storey

A storey (British English) or story (American English), is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the word are storeys (UK) and stories (US).

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Tarset

Tarset is a civil parish in Northumberland, England, created in 1955 from parts of Bellingham, Tarset West and Thorneyburn parishes.

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Turret (architecture)

In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle.

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Tynedale

Tynedale was a local government district in Northumberland, England.

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Wark on Tweed

Wark or Wark on Tweed is a village in the English county of Northumberland.

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Wheat

Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a staple food around the world.

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William Camden

William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dally_Castle

Dally Castle, the Glossary

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See also

Castles in Northumberland

Houses completed in the 13th century

Mock castles in England

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