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Dunstanburgh Castle: A Secret as Old as the Stones

Poet Daljit Nagra chooses Katrina Porteus' work about the mysterious Dunstanburgh castle on the Northumberland coast. From February 2004.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive and chooses 'Dunstanburgh Castle: A Secret as Old as the Stone'.

Featuring the sounds of Dunstanburgh Castle in Northumberland, recorded by poet Katrina Porteous, and drawing on local myth and memories of Scottish raids and the ideal of good lordship.

Performed by Trevor Fox and the children of Seahouses First School.

Producer: Julian May

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 5 Oct 202005:00
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