Bamburgh Castle on its basalt outcrop above the Northumberland coast was one of the few fortresses that consistently resisted Scottish raiding. Even during the most devastating Scottish raids of 1318-1322, Bamburgh held as a refuge for the local population. Its impregnability from the landward side made it an anchor of English defence on the northeast coast.
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