<![CDATA[Where Was Knightmare Set?]]>Hi Knightfans!

I was just wondering where Dunshelm/Knightmare Castle was supposed to be.

Was it in meant to be Norwich, or was it sumwhere further up north like the books?

My guess it would be Northumbria as Can You Beat The Challenge says about less trouble in England if Saxon swords face North.

Anyone have any ideas or comments?

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/1770/where-was-knightmare-setRSS for NodeSun, 13 Sep 2026 22:13:16 GMTThu, 09 Aug 2007 19:48:27 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Where Was Knightmare Set? on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:06:04 GMT]]>Wow! I live near Rotherham and had many a trip there when I was a lad. Used to love imagining it was part of Knightmare. Mind you, where I live there are plenty of great locations for that - woods, lakes etc

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36085https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/36085Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:06:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Where Was Knightmare Set? on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:28:13 GMT]]>You can now find some of the pictures I took at Conisburgh on the below page.

http://havetstorm.tripod.com/knightmare/id49.html

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/35909https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/35909Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:28:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Where Was Knightmare Set? on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:29:07 GMT]]>Seeing McGrew was doing his 'marauding' there (such as it was), it can't have been far from the border.

Here's an interesting afterthought. I'm visiting Conisbrough Castle tomorrow, which is a twelfth century donjon/keep in Yorkshire. It's a bit grand for Dunshelm, but I'll take some photos while there and put them online so people can compare it with what they imagine it to be.

www.conisbroughcastle.org.uk

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/35893https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/35893Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:29:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Where Was Knightmare Set? on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:36:32 GMT]]>Thought as much!

Just thought I'd seek futher opinion as we all know and have said many times the show and the books run in different directions...

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/35884https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/35884Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:36:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Where Was Knightmare Set? on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:51:01 GMT]]>We also have to consider that season 4 onwards don't seem terribly consistent with seasons 1 to 3. There's little doubt that Dunshelm in the early days was set in the north of England, but from season 4 the scenario is altered, and described as being, not so much in the Past, as in an alternative reality lying 'beneath' our own (in an inter-dimensional sense).

I tend to bypass this description myself, as it's a jarring retcon that goes completely unexplained. For me, Dunshelm is in the north of England, one of the fortifications built to defend the border from the incursions of Malcolm Canmore's armies.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/35881https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/35881Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:51:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Where Was Knightmare Set? on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:07:42 GMT]]>I think Dunshelm is situated very near the border with Scotland, probably in Northumberland, as one of the members of the garrison was called Eric of Northumbria. It is expressly said to be situated amongst the northern mountains, so it could be in Cumbria, ie the Lake District kind of area. Of course, all this comes from the first book, and there are some issues about whether the books are canonical with the TV series, but seeing as Tim Child co-wrote the first book, I'd be inclined to accept the events of this one, at least, as canon, including the location of Dunshelm.

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