Etal Castle

Located in the moorland village of Etal, this fortified tower house is an example of the dwellings of the…

Grace Darling

When Sue and I visited Northumbria we visited the Grace Darling Museum. Grace Darling was born in Bamburgh…

My second trip to the Farne Islands was to spend a short time on Staple Island to see the seabird…

The Farne islands lie off of the Northumbrian coast. Once the home to monks and hermits, it is now a…

The collection of altars found at Corbridge speaks to the diversity of the people who lived there and of their…

It is unclear when it started to develop but by 200 AD a substantial civilian settlement had developed around the…

Corbridge is a small town, 25 miles inland from the North Sea along the valley of the River Tyne. To…

There is a wonderful museum at Vindolanda recording the many artifacts both military and civilian found on the site. There…

The first Roman activity on this site dates to between 74 and 85AD. Between these dates and the withdrawal of…