Sarah's World Tour of Northumberland - Part 3
Today I spent time at a local bird reserve with my camera but while there I managed to get out to Low Chibburn Preceptory at Druridge Bay. I have never been here before but I have been able to see it from a distance. It is just sat in the middle of a farmers field. It doesn't look like much compared to the big sites but this was a Preceptory built by the Knights Hospitallers the rivals of the Knights Templar. It was used as a monastery and military HQ/training centre for Crusader Knights getting ready for the next crusade.
Obviously a ruin now, there is no good path to it although there is a right of way across the fields. No signs to it, a piece of forgotten history just lying there un-noticed in the middle of farmland. I love that. I was the only one there today. I'm very surprised to find oak timbers still inside.
It may not be a pretty ruin and it may look underwhelming but the history attached to it is facinating.
