Ogle Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Oggle; Ogill

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

Ogle Castle moated site situated on the left bank of the Ogle Burn. At the eastern end of the north row of the deserted medieval village of Ogle are the remains of a large enclosure bounded by an earthen bank standing to a height of 1m. Within the enclosure are the partially infilled remains of a double moated site. Part of the inner moat on the northern side and all of its western arm survive well where they are on average 2m deep. At the north west corner the inner moat stands up to 4m deep. Part of the southern arm of the outer moat also survives as a slight earthwork 0.4m deep. Sir Robert Ogle was granted a licence to crenellate in 1341.
'Ogle Castle... may have owed something to the five newly-knighted Scottish men-at-arm whom its builder, Robert de Ogle, captured... and who were ransomed 'for a great weight of gold'' (King, 2007, p391)

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law. This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 428716)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ14057908

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 23065
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is N10923 '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=N10923
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing)
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p90
    Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p122-3
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p200 [slight]
    Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise) p98-101
    Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p10, 76, 78
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p339
    Beresford, M.W. and StJoseph, J.K., 1979, Medieval England p113-16
    Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p290
    Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p144
    Pevsner, N., 1957, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (London, Penguin) p272 [rather dubious]
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Tomlinson, W.W., 1897, Comprehensive Guide to Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p78
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1896, Castles of England (New York: Macmillan) Vol2 p413 http://www.archive.org/stream/castlesofengland02mack#page/413/mode/1up
    Bateson, Edward (ed), 1895, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol2 p379-80
    Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p9, 13
    Hodgson, J.C., 1827, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt2 Vol1 p379-80
    Hodgson, J. and Laird, F., 1813, Beauties of England and Wales; Northumberland Vol12 p100-1
• Journal Articles
  • King, Andy, 2007, 'Fortress and fashion statements: gentry castles in fourteenth-century Northumberland' Journal of Medieval History Vol33 p377, 389, 391
    1905, Publications of the Surtees Society Vol111 p301
    1901, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Vol10 p57-8
    1896-8, History of the Berwickshire Naturalist Club Vol16 p138
    1890, The Monthly Chronicle; North Country Lore and Legend p328-9
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • 1415 list of Northumberland Castles [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/numblis2.html]
    Calendar of Charter Rolls Vol5 p4
    Rickard, John, 2002, The Castle Community. The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422 (Boydell Press) [lists sources for 1272-1422] p370-1
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/nhumbeng.html#nhumb18]