The Castle, Newcastle
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The Castle, Newcastle, or Newcastle Castle is a medieval fortification in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, built on the site of the fortress that gave the City of Newcastle its name. The most prominent remaining structures on the site are the Castle Keep, and the Black Gate, its fortified gatehouse.
Newcastle Castle Keep, with a railway viaduct behind at left
The unrestored castle in 1814.
A view of the ornately-carved castle chapel in 1814.
The Black Gate and Castle Keep circa 1890–1900, showing the mid nineteenth century railway viaduct bisecting the site. The slum buildings to the rear of the Black Gate have since been demolished.
Newcastle upon Tyne
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Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south. It is the most populous settlement in the Tyneside conurbation and North East England.
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