The Gatehouse website record for Thropton Tower

Thropton Tower

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Throptone

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

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.

Confidence: This site was certainly a medieval fortification or palace.

Nothing visible remains.

Presbytery and attached chapel, possibly on the site of a tower recorded in the survey of 1415. The tower may have formed part of Thropton Old Hall, demolished in 1811.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU02970219

Air Photo from

Air Photo and general mapping

1st edition OS Map from

Mid to late 19th century maps

Modern Map from

Landscape form and features

Modern Map from

General location and route planning

Geograph British Isles
occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 4802
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is N2859 '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.

Web site links

http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N2859

Books

Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p364
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p99
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p354
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p325-6
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p162
Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1940, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol15 p364
Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p17, 24, 44

Journal Articles

Hadcock, R.N., 1939, 'Map of Mediaeval Northum and Durham' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser4] Vol16 p182

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

1541 Survey of the East and Middle Marches [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/numblis5.html]
1509 Survey of Tevedale [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/numblis3.html]
1415 list of Northumberland Castles [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/numblis2.html]

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