What is recorded here

Wark Castle rose as a six sided keep beside the Tweed, built by Walter Espec under King Henry I in the early 12th century to guard the border against Scots raids. Its murder holes, curved walls and river trench made it ugly but deadly, and it fell, rebuilt, burned and resisted repeatedly from David I through James IV. In 1349 King Edward III reportedly retrieved a dropped garter there, birthed the Order of the Garter, and turned a clumsy moment into enduring honour.

Wark Castle is shown as a archaeological place on the public map of Northumberland. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.

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