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Siege of Bamburgh Castle 1464

1464
Northumberland, England
Also known as: Bamburgh 1464
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Lancastrian garrison
Forces
Lancastrian garrison c.100–300
VS
Victor
Yorkists under Warwick
Forces
Yorkists c.2000–4000
Outcome
Castle reduced by artillery; first English castle to fall to cannon fire in a siege
The Battle

History & Significance

The Yorkist reduction of Bamburgh by cannon in 1464 was the first time an English castle was explicitly threatened with and taken by artillery bombardment.

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Scheduled Monuments near Siege of Bamburgh Castle 1464

Defended settlement on Dunstan Hill 400m north of Doxford Farm
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Preston Tower
Scheduled monument · ~1 miles
North Charlton medieval village and open field system
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Prehistoric burial mound, 420m north west of East Linkhall
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Iron Age defended settlement in Camp Plantation, 350m north west of North Charlton Mill
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
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