What is recorded here
John of Gaunts Castle is a ruins in North Yorkshire, England. Perhaps the royal hunting lodge echoed with hounds and laughter before John of Gaunt took it in 1372. Maybe his hands still warm the broken stones after all these years.
Standing ruins of a royal hunting lodge. The lodge was in the king's hands until 1372 when it was aquired by John of Gaunt.
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Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0