Tarset Castle

Tarset Castle is a ruin near Tarset in Northumberland.

A licence to crenellate was granted to John Comyn in 1267, and the castle was built half a mile south-west of the present village of Tarset.

[1] The castle, which had four square corner turrets, was destroyed by Sir Ralph Fenwick in 1525.

[2] All that remains now is some stone foundations on top of a mound.

[3] The remains of the castle are a Grade II* listed structure.