Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Dalton; Dawdon; Daldun
In the civil parish of Seaham. In the historic county of Durham; County Palatinate of (Modern Authority of Durham, 1974 county of County Durham).
| This site has been described as a; Tower House. |
Confidence: This site was certainly a medieval fortification or palace. | Masonry ruins/remnants remains. |
This site is a scheduled monument protected by law. This is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 407589)
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Mid to late 19th century maps |
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Landscape form and features |
General location and route planning |
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This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is
27185
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly
Sites and Monuments Record) number is D2503 '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.
Most of the sites or buildings
recorded in this web site are NOT open to the public
and permission to visit a site must always be sought from the landowner
or tenant. |
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may be derived from information compiled by and/or copyright of English
Heritage and other individuals and organisations. All the sources
given should be consulted to identify the original copyright holder
and permission obtained from them before use of the information
on this site for commercial purposes. I do
not receive any income from this site and I fund it myself. The bibliography owes much to various bibliographies produced by John Kenyon for the Council for British Archaeology, the Castle Studies Group and others. Suggestions for finding online and/or hard copies of bibliographical sources can be seen at this link. |
It is an offence to disturb a
Scheduled Monument without consent. It is a destruction of
everyone's heritage to remove archaeological evidence from any site
without proper recording and reporting. Don't use metal detectors on historic sites without authorisation. |
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*The listed building
may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site
of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.
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