Template:Did you know nominations/Etal Castle

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The result was: promoted by NG39 (Used to be NickGibson3900)^Talk 05:06, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Etal Castle[edit]

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... that Etal Castle (gatehouse pictured), located near the Anglo-Scottish border, lost its military value after the Union of the Crowns in 1603?

ALT1:... that Etal Castle (gatehouse pictured) was partially slighted by James IV of Scotland, even though it had surrendered quickly in order to avoid being pillaged by his army?
Reviewed: Not a self-nom

Improved to Good Article status by Hchc2009 (talk). Nominated by Bloom6132 (talk) at 17:59, 9 November 2014 (UTC).

New enough (promoted to GA status), long enough, within policy and well-written, hooks both interesting and cited, QPQ not needed, picture licence seems fine. Should be good to go. Yakikaki (talk) 19:55, 11 November 2014 (UTC)