Ecobird's photos with the keyword: Northumberland

Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland The site on which this castle stands has it's origins in Anglo Saxon times when it became the seat of King Ida of Bernicia. The fortress was destroyed by Vikings in AD993 and the Normans later built the original castle on the site. During the Wars of the Roses it became the first castle to fall to artillery in the British Isles. The castle has had many owners and has in its time been used as a hospital for the poor. a school and a hospice for shipwrecked sailors before being purchased in the late nineteenth century by Sir William Armstrong who restored and renovated the castle between 1894 -1904. The castle still belongs to the Armstrong family and is one of the largest inhabited castles in the country. It is a popular location for films and became 'Hogwarts' for the first two Harry Potter films and was also featured in 'Robin Hood Prince of Thieves' The link is 'Castle on the Hill' by Ed Sheeran www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ibBPhiaG0

One of the largest treehouses in the world, this is a restaurant, small function room and visitor centre at Alnwick Castle Gardens. The links here are 'House in the Trees' by Alex McMahon www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NMndRpVYUw The second link is 'This Ole' House' and the version here is by Bette Midler www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3KC_npe9zM</ Better viewed large

Warkworth Castle Northumberland. The link is 'Some Walls' by Peter Paul and Mary www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-dTofZoiYE

The Priory on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland is the backdrop for what appears to be an old type of turnstile, forming part of my 'fence' image for this week. The link is 'We Can Swing Together' by Lindisfarne www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JFsQG2hrt0

Sky drama Excerpt from 'The Cloud' By Percy Bysshe Shelley I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when with never a stain The pavilion of Heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again. Best viewed large

River Aln, Alnmouth, Northumberland

Alnwick Castle and the River Aln. Possibly better large (Z)