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Where the wild things are

‘The battle-scarred bulls share the bloody history of the castle, scene of many a border skirmish’

IN the northernmost reaches of Northumberland, a strange, low bellowing is reverberating around the walls of medieval Chillingham Castle. This primeval sound is emanating from a large herd of majestic cattle, which has been wandering wild since the 1300s.

Porcelain white with crimson-tinged ears, the wild cattle of Chillingham are completely different to the

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