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2 unusual facts about Dunstanburgh Castle


Dunstanburgh Castle

Turner painted Dunstanburgh many times, usually rising at dawn to do so.

The last private owner Sir Arthur Sutherland donated the castle to the Ministry of Works in 1929.


Eardulf of Lindisfarne

During their seven years of wandering with St Cuthbert's remains the monks were also known to have visited Galloway and stayed in a cave now known as St Cuthbert's Cave near Dunstanburgh Castle in Northumberland.


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