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List of the medieval fortified sites of the historic county of Durham

Certain
Probable
Questionable or Doubtful
Rejected
Confidence is a statement of the site as a medieval fortification or palace
Name
Alternative Name(s)
Type
Remains
Amerston Hall, Embleton Fortified Manor House no visible
Amrita Cottage, Ireshopeburn Bastle masonry ruins/remnants
Archdeacon Newton Manor Fortified Manor House masonry footings
Bale Hill House, Wolsingham Baal Hill; Baylehilhouse Palace , Pele Tower , Bastle masonry ruins/remnants
Barnard Castle Barney Castle; Bernard's Castle; Castelli Bernardi Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace major building
Bearpark Priors House Beaurepaire, Bear Park Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Belasis Hall Bellasis Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Bishop Auckland Castle Akeland; Aukland Masonry Castle , Palace major building
Bishop Middleham Castle Palace , Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Bishopton Castle Hill Castle Holl; Biscoptun Timber Castle earthwork
Blackwell Castle Hill, Darlington Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Bonnymoor Cottage and Harthopeburn Cottage, St John's Chapel Bastle masonry ruins/remnants
Bradley Hall, Wolsingham Braydley Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Brancepeth Castle Branspeth; castrum suum de Brancepad' Masonry Castle major building
Buckshott farmhouse Bastle masonry ruins/remnants
Castle Eden Edena Timber Castle , Masonry Castle no visible
Castle Steads, Rowley Farm, Esh Winning Castlesteads; Lanchester; Hamsteels; Rowley Gillet Fortified Manor House earthwork
Cleadon Tower Whitburn Pele Tower no visible
Cowpen Bewley Low Grange Farm Pele Tower no visible
Cowshill Bridge End Bastle Bastle masonry ruins/remnants
Dalden Tower, Seaham Dalton; Dawdon; Daldun; Dawden Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Darlington Bishops Palace Old Hall; Hall Garth; Hallgarth Palace no visible
Durham Castle Dunelm; Dunhelm; Dunholm Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Durham City Church of St Giles Siege Work masonry footings
Durham City Wall Promontory Wall Urban Defence masonry ruins/remnants
Durham Elvet Bridge Fortified Bridge masonry ruins/remnants
Durham Framwellgate Bridge Old Bridge; Framagate Fortified Bridge masonry footings
Eden Hall Tower, Peterlee Little Eden; Chapel Hill; Chappel Hill; Turris de Parva Eden Timber Castle , Pele Tower no visible
Evenwood; The Barony Palace , Tower House cropmark/slight earthwork
Gainford Tower Tower House no visible
Gaittecastellum Gaitlecastellum Timber Castle uncertain
Gate Castle, Stanhope Gaitte; Gates Pele Tower masonry footings
Gateshead Bridge Gate Newcastle-upon-Tyne Bridge Fortified Bridge masonry footings
Hartlepool Chain Towers Chain Tower no visible
Hartlepool Town Wall Hertepol; Hartilpol; Hertelpole; Hertilpole; Hertilpol; Sandwell Gate Urban Defence major building
Hebburn Hall Ellison Hall; Jarrow Pele Tower no visible
High Coniscliffe; The Old Hall Old Hall Farm Bastle major building
Holmside Hall Holmside Old Hall; Lanchester Fortified Manor House major building
Horden Hall Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower masonry footings
Houghall Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Houghton le Spring Rectory Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Hunstanworth Tower Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Hylton Castle Hilton Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Island House East Blackdene Bastle Bastle masonry ruins/remnants
Killhopeburn Shieling Bastle masonry ruins/remnants
Kirk Merrington Church of St John Merrington Church Tower Fortified Ecclesiastical site no visible
Langley Old Hall Lanchester Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Le Peile, Cornforth Pele Tower no visible
Low Butterby Manor House, Croxdale Beautrove Fortified Manor House masonry footings
Low Coniscliffe Tower Tower House , Pele Tower earthwork
Low Dinsdale Manor House Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Ludworth Tower Shadforth Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Lumley Castle Lomley Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Maiden Castle Fort, Durham Uncertain cropmark/slight earthwork
Middleton St George Tower Hill Timber Castle earthwork
Newbiggin Pele, Heighington Newbigging; Heighton Pele Tower no visible
Newton Cap Bridge Newtonbridge; Bishop Skirlaw's Bridge Fortified Bridge major building
Old Hollinside Hollinside Hall, Old Hollingside Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Pockerley Pele, Beamish Pokeley Pele Tower major building
Raby Castle Masonry Castle major building
Raby Old Lodge Langley Dale Pele Tower major building
Ravensworth Castle, County Durham Rawyneshelme; Ravenshelme; Ravensholme; Raveneswath Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Reading Room Bastle, Newhouse Bastle masonry ruins/remnants
Redmarshall Rectors Tower Redmarshall Castle Pele Tower no visible
Ryton, County Durham Timber Castle earthwork
Sadberge Castle St Andrew's Church; Satbergia; Sacberge; Sedbergh Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House no visible
Seaton Holme, Easington Palace major building
Snotterton Hall, Staindrop Raby Grange Fortified Manor House masonry footings
Sockburn Castle Fortified Manor House cropmark/slight earthwork
Stanhope Castle Castle Heugh; Castle Hill; Castri de Stanhopp Timber Castle , Masonry Castle no visible
Stockton Castle Masonry Castle , Palace , Fortified Manor House no visible
Stone House, Stanhope Pele Tower , Bastle major building
Streatlam Castle Stainton; Stretlam; Newcastle Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Summerhouse Moat The Castle Garth Fortified Manor House earthwork
Swinhopeburn Bastle, Westgate Bastle major building
Thornlaw, Thornley Thornton, castellum de Thornauum Timber Castle no visible
Tursdale Castle Hill Trillesden; Standalone; Sedgebitlee; Quarrington Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower no visible
Walworth Castle Walworth Hall; High Walworth Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Wardley Hall Wardley Manor House; Wredelaw; Weredelaw Fortified Manor House earthwork
Westgate Castle, Stanhope Gate Castle; Gaitte Pele Tower no visible
Witton Castle, Witton-le-Wear Witton le Wear; Whitton Masonry Castle masonry ruins/remnants
Witton Tower, Witton-le-Wear Witton Le Wear 2; Witton Hall Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Wolsingham Manor of the Bishop of Durham Chapel Walls Palace masonry ruins/remnants
Barforth Chapel Garth Old Richmond; Barford Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House earthwork
Barnard Castle Bridge Fortified Bridge major building
Bishopton village enclosure Urban Defence earthwork
Brimmy Castle Broomy Castle Timber Castle no visible
Castelhous, Mainsforth Uncertain no visible
Cobby Castle, Tow Law, Pele Tower no visible
Durham Cathedral Dunelm Fortified Ecclesiastical site major building
Egglescliffe Castleholmes Castle Holm; Castelholme Timber Castle no visible
Egglescliffe; The Devils Hill Timber Castle cropmark/slight earthwork
Hamsterley Castles The Castles; Harthope Castle Uncertain earthwork
Lambton Hall, Bournmoor Brewery Cottages Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Maiden Castle Motte, Old Durham Timber Castle no visible
Muggleswick Grange Mugleswick; Priory Farm; Hunting Lodge Fortified Manor House masonry ruins/remnants
Piercebridge Carlbury Timber Castle earthwork
Quarrington Castle Hill Pele Tower no visible
The Yoder Yoden; Quarry Hills Timber Castle , Urban Defence earthwork
Throston mound Timber Castle no visible
Town Kelloe Castle Hill Kellaw Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House uncertain
Tunstal Timber Castle , Masonry Castle uncertain
Weardale House Mound, St John's Chapel Snap; Ireshopeburn Timber Castle earthwork

This listing was last updated on Sunday, August 27, 2017


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