Talk:Dunstanburgh Castle

Units
I was wanting to have a go (some time, no rush!) at sorting out units and convert templates and all that stuff here, a bit more consistently than it is at the moment. On a quick scan through for the flavour, it looks as it we mostly have imperial units first, then metric. This isn't without exception but is, I think, the broad picture. I have a slight personal preference for metric but I am unaware of anything that would force it that way, and I do value a peaceful quiet life. So I am quite tempted to just keep it all acres-first or, like, whatevs. What do you think? Best to all, DBaK (talk) 19:51, 13 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Consistency is useful, but I'd be happy with consistency within each unit rather than necessarily all metric or all imperial (if that makes sense). On the scale of metres, I'd prefer to use metres first with yards and feet in brackets as that reflects modern practice archaeological and architectural practice, though some of the sources will use imperial units first. For hectares/acres I have a weak preference for metric first, though personally I find either a little tricky to conceptualise. For miles/km, as long as it's consistent I don't mind too much, I think there's only one case where that would apply in the article so that's easy! Richard Nevell (talk) 17:15, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Dungeon below dunstanburgh castle
I seem to remember going down a steep ladder and visiting a dungeon there 2A02:C7F:4CC9:9B00:6CD2:106C:BA2A:5E56 (talk) 14:01, 30 December 2022 (UTC)


 * You do remember! Many of us of a certain vintage+ do. It was discussed a little at Talk:Dunstanburgh Castle/Archive 1 a mere sixteen years ago, when it was mentioned in the article, at least as a reputed dungeon; it seems to have been lost since then. I don't now know what RS mentions it, but if you think it's inportant you could have a look for a source. (I am thinking of the days when Mr Stephenson was custodian, btw ...) Cheers DBaK (talk) 19:29, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
 * That is very likely to have been dealt with by Peter Brears in "The Administrative Role of Gatehouses in Fourteenth-Century North-Country Castles", The Medieval Great House. I don't have access to the chapter at the moment but will see what I can track down. A change in interpretation would be worth mentioning in the castle, especially if some readers are coming here specifically for information on a dungeon Richard Nevell (talk) 00:45, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * That would be excellent, thank you! My own knowledge of this issue tends more towards the folkloric than the encyclopaedic so your input would be more than welcome. Cheers, DBaK (talk) 13:02, 31 December 2022 (UTC)