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List of the Medieval Fortified Sites of the historic county of Durham; North

Certain
Possible
Questionable
Doubtful
Rejected
Confidence is a statement of the site as a medieval fortification or palace

 

Name Alternative Name(s) Type Remains
Ancroft Church of St Ann, Ancroft Vicars Pele; St Anne Church; Ancrofte Fortified Ecclesiastical site Major
Ancroft Greys Tower Pele Tower Nothing visible
Bathers Tower, Spittal Hospital of St Bartholomew; Twedemouth Pele Tower Nothing visible
Bedlington Old Hall Bastle
Pele Tower
Nothing visible
Bedlington Palace Palace Nothing visible
Berrington Tower Berryngton Pele Tower Nothing visible
Buckton Tower Pele Tower Nothing visible
Castle Heaton Castle Heaton near Coldstream; Heton; Old Heaton Masonry Castle
Bastle
Masonry ruins/remnants
Chapel of St Cuthbert, Inner Farne Island Fortified Ecclesiastical site Masonry ruins/remnants
Cheswick Tower Cheswike Pele Tower Nothing visible
Choppington Tower Chopington Pele Tower Nothing visible
Cornhill Castle Castleton Nich; Castle Stone Nick; Cornhill Tower; Cornval; Cornouaille; Cornehylle; Cornell Timber Castle
Masonry Castle
Tower House
Earthworks
Duddo Tower Duddoo Pele Tower Masonry ruins/remnants
Felkington Bastle, Duddo Felkyngton Bastle Nothing visible
Fenham Tower and Castle Fenham Mill Timber Castle
Pele Tower
Earthworks
Goswick Tower, Ancroft Gosewick Pele Tower Nothing visible
Grindonrigg Tower Grindon Rigg; Grindonridge; Grindon Ridge; Grydon Pele Tower Nothing visible
Groat Haugh Bastle Newbiggin; Newebygginge; Gret Hewghe Bastle Cropmarks/slight earthworks
Haggerston Castle Hagerston; Braggarstone; Turris de Haggarston Masonry Castle
Tower House
Masonry footings
Haggerston Dovecote Uncertain Major
Hepscott Tower Hepscott Hall Pele Tower Masonry ruins/remnants
Holy Island Church of St Mary Fortified Ecclesiastical site Masonry ruins/remnants
Kyloe Tower East Kyloe; Kylay; Kilo Pele Tower Masonry ruins/remnants
Lindisfarne Castle Holy Island; Beblow Fort; Belbowe Fort; Biblawe Fort; Beblowe Artillery Fort Major
Lindisfarne Priory Holy Island Fortified Ecclesiastical site Masonry ruins/remnants
Lindisfarne Steel End The Heugh Artillery Fort Masonry footings
Lindisfarne; The Palace Supply Base Artillery Fort
Palace
Masonry ruins/remnants
Lowick Motte Low Steads Timber Castle Earthworks
Lowick Tower Bastle Corner; Lowyke; Lowicke; Lawkye Pele Tower Nothing visible
Norham Bastion Artillery Fort Cropmarks/slight earthworks
Norham Castle Northam; Norrham Timber Castle
Masonry Castle
Artillery Fort
Palace
Masonry ruins/remnants
Norham Church of St Cuthbert Fortified Ecclesiastical site Masonry ruins/remnants
Plessey Hall Bastle
Pele Tower
Masonry footings
Prior Castell’s Tower, Inner Farne Island Farne Island Tower; Prior Castel’s Tower Tower House Major
Scremerston Tower Turris de Skremerston; Scrimmerstone; Skremerston Pele Tower Nothing visible
Shoreswood Tower Pele Tower Nothing visible
Thornton Tower, Shoreswood West Thornton Tower; Thorntonpark Pele Tower Cropmarks/slight earthworks
Tillmouth Tower, Cornhill-on-Tweed Tilmowthe; Tilmouth Pele Tower Cropmarks/slight earthworks
Tweedmouth Castle Tweedmouth Tower; Tiefort Masonry Castle
Palace
Nothing visible
Tweedmouth Tower(s) Pele Tower Nothing visible
Twizell Castle Twyzell; Twysill; Twizel; Twisle Tower House Masonry ruins/remnants
West Newbiggin, Norham Newbrigging; Newebygginge; Newbiging Pele Tower Nothing visible

This listing was last updated on Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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