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Programme 3: Bamburgh, Northumberland
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Bamburgh was a hugely important royal city in medieval times, although today it is just a modest-sized village. What stands out, though, is the truly enormous castle on its great rocky outcrop that separates the village from the sweeping sandy beach, the North Sea, and the Farne Isles a few miles offshore. This Land Lines puzzle is about the links between the local legend of a fearsome dragon - the story of the Laidley Worm - and the history of the castle.
The challenge:
Follow the lines that link a hero's return to the tides of trade; a battlement to a battleground; and a well-kept secret to a fitting end.
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The landscape detectives in this programme are geographer, Ian Mercer and folklorist, Jennifer Westwood.
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We are looking for more places for the Land Lines team to visit. If your own local area is rich in history that has left its mark on the landscape around you, please get in touch and tell us about it. E-mail: landlines@bbc.co.uk
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