ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



other mount of the fame form between the laft and the river. 

 Near the firft mount is part of the foundations of a chapel, now 

 called, Gil/y's Nich^ from its fituation by a port-way, and its dedi- 

 cation to St. Giles ; many grave-ftones about it, fome Handing, and 

 others flat ; one large flat one, of freeftone, over a Knight Temp- 

 ler, a crofs fculptured upon it between two f words. 



On the fouth fide of the rampier, near the caftlc, is a piece of 

 ground, called, The <?7<?-place. Oppofite to it is a terraced hill, 

 called, Gallows-hill, the place of execution of criminals ; a cir- 

 cular mount near it to the weft, called, The Gallows-hill-know ; 

 the burial-place after execution ; a human fkeleton found a few 

 years ago in digging for limeftonc, interred within a few feet of 

 the furface. 



The caftle was burnt by the Scots, 7 K. Richard II, 1383. 



It was befiegcd by the Scots under the command of the Duke of 

 Albany, 15 K. Henry VIII, 1523. Sir William Llfic was then governor. 

 They eroded the Tweed in the night, to the number of two or 

 three thoufand, on Saturday the laft of October, with heavy 

 cannon, battering it to the fecondof November, when entering the 

 breaches, and being matters of all the wards, but the inner one, 

 called, The Dungeon, Sir William and his garifon flew three hun- 

 dred of them, befides fuch as died of their wounds and were 

 drowned ; the Duke repafling the Tweed ; the Earl of Surrey being 

 at hand to the relief of the garifon. It was reputed a ftrong for- 

 trefs in that reign (h). A few years ago, a cannon was found 

 among the rubbifh. 



,(b) Lt\ Itin. vol. vii. p. 61, 64. 



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