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Warkworth Castle by Graeme Pattison on Flickr.

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Warkworth Castle

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Warkworth Castle, Northumberland  

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Sunset bursting through amble harbour

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BARGUEST

The Barguest is a native of Yorkshire, Northumberland and Durham. It takes a variety of forms, predominantly as a black mastiff with fiery eyes, horns and fangs, but also as a bear with glowing eyes and huge claws. Reports state that it drags a chain, or that it is wrapped in chains like Marley's ghost in Dickens A Christmas Carol, symbolic of the chains of sin. Specific Barguests appear around their own locality; for example, the one in Leeds causes all the dogs of the city to bark when it makes its appearance. It has been suggested that the name has been derived from the German bahrgeist or 'spirit of the bier'.

Text from The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures by John and Caitlin Matthews (HarperElement, 2005)

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Roughting Linn Prehistoric Petroglyphs, Northumberland

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Full "Buck Moon" rising over the medieval ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle

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Bird watching on The Holy Isle, Lindisfarne, Northumberland.

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Comet at Dunstanburgh Castle

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Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France,

Spiral staircase seen from the northern tribune of the Royal Chapel

Photo by FH Photo

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A puffin stimboard with picnic and nature themes for @pluudoh !!

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“Le vent” ≋ Ansel Adams ⌘ A field mid-breath

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a rainy late summer afternoon

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Vincent van Gogh . Wikimedia Commons

Wheat Fields after the Rain

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Vincent van Gogh | Wheat Field | The Metropolitan Museum of Art