Edlingham Castle
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- Edlingham Castle is a small castle ruin in the care of English Heritage.It is situated in a valley to the west of Alnwick, Northumberland, England.
John de Edlingham built a large two-storey Hall House in a moated enclosure in the mid 13th century.
In 1296 the property was taken over by Sir William de Felton who added a palisade inside the moat and a gatehouse on the north side.
Its fortifications were increased in response to the border warfare which raged between England and Scotland in the period from about 1300 to 1600.
The ruins are mostly laid low though much of the solar tower still stands despite an impressive crack running several stories down to ground level.
