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Article: Castle safety call after path wall collapse
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- The Northern Echo
- Article date:
- January 10, 2002
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OFFICIALS last night moved to allay fears that an historic castle
could be under threat after part of a footpath wall collapsed.
Councillors are calling for an extensive safety survey after the
collapse at the foot of the medieval defence in Barnard Castle,
County Durham.
They want to know how safe of an area of land directly below the
castle's walls really is. And they are particularly concerned about
the public footpath which runs alongside the ruined fortress,
adjacent with the River Tees.
But local authority officials stressed last night that fears of
subsidence were no threat to the castle itself, which stands on a
rock outcrop above the river and gives the town part of its name.
Calls ...