Lord's Mount
Military In Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland
Gun tower built in 1542 which attracted the interest of Henry VIII for it's state of the art design.
As you'll already know if you've stumbled across our post on Berwick Elizabethan Walls, the walls were built in the 1500s and were completed in the 1550s. During these years, the English and Scots were often at war and the walls were built to protect the town from attack.
Before the impressive walls were built, there was a small earth fort, or bulmark, here which protected the North East corner of the town. However, it wasn't standing for long before it was rotten and falling into decay. The Lord's Mount replaced the rotting bulmark and it was completed in 1542. The design of the Lord's Mount was state of the art in the 16th century and Henry VIII had a hand in the tower's design.
It would have had two floors originally, with the upper floor open to the sky, but only the ground floor remains now. Considering how old the gun tower is though, I was amazed at how well preserved the ground floor was. The ground floor had six gun positions which are still visible, a toilet, a living area and a storeroom for gun powder. You can see evidence of a fireplace and a well very clearly as you're wandering around too.
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There is free parking at the nearby Castle Gate Car Park.
Contributed by Sandra Clemens
I love the great outdoors and have been a National Trust & English Heritage member for years. I also love going off the beaten track and finding places like Sharp's Folly or Rothley Castle which are hidden gems in Northumberland. My favourite recent hike was climbing Red Screes in the Lake District on a whim, not fully grasping how high 776m was. It was still an achievement to conquer a Wainwright walk and I hope to do more one day.
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