The Gatehouse website record for Adderstone Tower

In the civil parish of Adderstone with Lucker. In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

Vanished. C15 tower said to be close to present C18 Adderstone Hall (at map reference given). Dodds writes thick woods inhibit visual confirmation. PastScape reports site of pre 1415 tower in grid square NU1249, which may represent this tower. SMR record reads 'A medieval tower at Adderstone is mentioned in a document of 1415. However, the exact site has never been located and it has been suggested it maybe the same as the tower at Cocklaw.' The tower was home of Sir Thomas Forster who fought at the Battle of Flodden, the tower having been built before 1415. The tower was incorporated into a mansion in the late C16 or early C17, but both were pulled down when a later Thomas Forster built a new house (Adderstone Hall) in C18.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU141303

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 7403
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is N4917 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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