VISITORS to a castle should be on the lookout for a fearsome dragon.

The carved beast, near Bolton Castle, in Wensleydale, appears to have already finished off one brave knight and is no doubt hungry for more.

The sculpture was created by Bainbridge chainsaw artist Andris Bergs, who was commissioned by a local resident.

It took the sculptor 32 hours to carve the 20ft dragon from a fallen ash tree.

Mr Bergs said: “The biggest challenge was working in the heat.

“It was really nice to be able to create a dragon in that setting near the castle.

“It has a knight’s leg sticking out of its mouth because they have to lose sometimes or else there wouldn’t be any dragons left.”