What is recorded here

Etal Castle rose from a timber hall into a crenellated tower house because the Manners family kept losing ground to Scottish raids and Heron pride. John Manners built the first tower during the Ford feud, and his great-grandson paid 250 marks and 500 masses after William Heron died outside the walls. The castle then decayed, surrendered to James IV in 1513, and became a Crown possession in 1547.

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

Etal Castle was built by the Percy family in the late 14th century, likely around 1390, as part of England's northern defenses against Scottish raids. It is important as a well-preserved example of late medieval military architecture and for its strategic role in the Anglo-Scottish border conflicts.

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