Wark-on-Tyne was a key border garrison in Northumberland throughout the Wars of Independence. Scottish raiding forces repeatedly threatened it. The garrison was constantly reinforced and provisioned at great expense to the crown. Local skirmishing around the castle and its victualing routes was endemic during the period. Wark represented the southernmost point of the actively contested border zone.
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