The Gatehouse website record for Abberwick Tower

In the civil parish of Edlingham. In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

The deserted remains of the medieval village of Abberwick, including the foundations of a tower house and surviving open field system. The remains are visible as a series of earthworks in the fields to the north, north east and west of the modern farm of Abberwick. The most prominent feature is a raised rectangular mound 12m by 7m standing to a height of 1.5m. Situated upon this mound there are the foundations of a rectangular enclosure divided into two compartments and visible as low earthen banks. This building is thought to be the remains of a tower which was recorded at Abberwick in a document of 1572.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU12551324

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 7218
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is N4458 '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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