Editing Craster (section)

==History==
The remains of a tower on the end of the [[harbour]] are all that can be seen now of the much taller building which was part of the overhead equipment which used to convey the local stone from where it was quarried to boats in the harbour. The disused quarry is now a car park.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://visitcraster.org.uk/Helpful%20Information/Craster%20History.htm|title=Craster History We Can Mind the Time|website=visitcraster.org.uk}}</ref>

A mile to the west, Dunstan Hall is a mansion incorporating a medieval [[peel tower|pele tower]], now used as holiday accommodation.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Dunstan Hall|num= 1041815 | access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref>

A small distance inland lies [[Craster Tower]], the home of the Craster family who were the local [[lords of the manor]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=CLHG History Walks Craster Tower|url=http://www.crasterhistory.org.uk/Walks/Craster%20Tower/Craster%20Tower%20Short%20History.html|access-date=2020-06-26|website=www.crasterhistory.org.uk}}</ref> A memorial on the harbour wall commemorates Captain John Charles Pulleine Craster, who was killed in Tibet on 28 June 1904.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crasterhistory.org.uk/Walks/Craster%20Memorial/Captain%20Craster.html|title=Memorial to Captain Craster|publisher=Craster Local History Group| access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref><ref>[http://www.northumbria-byways.com/blog/2009/01/craster-harbour.html Memorial to John Charles Pullein Craster] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223055139/http://blog.northumbria-byways.com/2009/01/craster-harbour.html |date=23 February 2012}}</ref>

For many years, the village has had a [[herring]]-curing business:<ref name="auto"/> [[Craster kipper]]s are well known around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Where to Eat the Best Kippers in the World? {{!}} TasteAtlas |url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/kippers/wheretoeat |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=www.tasteatlas.com}}</ref>

During the [[Second World War]], the Heughs, north of Craster, were home to a Coastal Defence/Chain Home [[Craster radar station|radar station]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Mark |title=Boat-shaped church and radar station among English heritage list newcomers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/dec/13/historic-england-heritage-list-2023-newcomers |access-date=13 December 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=15 December 2023}}</ref>