Linbrig Pele (The Gatehouse Record)

Linbrig Pele

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Linbriggs; Linn Bridge; Linnebrigg; Ducket Knowe

In the civil parish of Alwinton.
In the historic county of Northumberland.
Modern Authority of Northumberland.
1974 county of Northumberland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NT89200626
Latitude 55.3497° Longitude -2.1703°

Linbrig Pele has been described as a probable Pele Tower, and also as a probable Bastle.

There are no visible remains.

Description

The farmhouse at Linbrigg stands above the north bank of the Coquet on a commanding site overlooking the valley. A survey of 1541 noted that a stone tower had stood there but it had been destroyed by the Scots. It noted that the stones had been piled up by the owner Roger Horsley so that he could build a new tower. There are no signs of any structure to be seen now. There is, however, a large pile of stones covering an area with a diameter of 22m and a maximum height of 1.5m, on Ducket Knowe. These are possibly the remains of a dovecote as this is what the name 'Ducket' means. King writes that Harbottle and Philipson suggest a site at NT893069, which is a DMV site.

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Sources of information, references and further reading

English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 163.
County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) N206.

Books
- Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Newcastle upon Tyne: Keepdate Publishing) p. 185-6
  Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 115 (slight)
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 351
  Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p. 227
  Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p. 131-2
  Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1940, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol. 15 p. 436
  Dixon, D.D. 1903, Upper Coquetdale (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p. 34
  Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p. 44 (Also published as the whole of volume 14 (series 2) of Archaeologia Aeliana view online)
Periodical Articles
- (Harbottle and Philipson), 1968, Medieval Archaeology Vol. 12 p. 198 download copy
  Bates, C.J., 1891, 'Border Holds of Northumberland' Archaeologia Aeliana (ser2) Vol. 14 p. 44 online copy
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 View of the Castles, Towers, Barmekyns and Fortresses of the Frontier of the East and Middle Marches Survey of the East and Middle Marches

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This record last updated on Friday, May 3, 2013

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