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

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
Ancroft Church of St Ann Ancroft Vicars Pele; St Anne Church; Ancrofte Fortified Ecclesiastical site major building
Ancroft Greys Tower Pele Tower no visible
Bathers Tower, Spittal Hospital of St Bartholomew; Twedemouth Pele Tower no visible
Bedlington Old Hall Pele Tower no visible
Bedlington Palace Palace no visible
Berrington Tower Berryngton; Turris Rob'ti Maners in Beryngton Pele Tower no visible
Buckton Tower Pele Tower no visible
Castle Heaton Castle Heaton near Coldstream; Heton; Old Heaton Masonry Castle , Bastle masonry ruins/remnants
Cheswick Tower Cheswike; Chesewick Pele Tower no visible
Choppington Tower Chopington Pele Tower no visible
Cornhill Castle Castleton Nich; Castle Stone Nick; Cornhill Tower; Cornval; Cornouaille; Cornehylle; Cornell Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Tower House earthwork
Cornhill Tower Cornhill House Tower House no visible
Duddo Tower Duddoo Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Felkington Bastle, Duddo Felkyngton Bastle no visible
Fenham Tower and Castle Fenham Mill Timber Castle , Pele Tower earthwork
Goswick Tower, Ancroft Gosewick Pele Tower no visible
Grindonrigg Tower Grindon Rigg; Grindonridge; Grindon Ridge; Grydon Pele Tower no visible
Groat Haugh Bastle Newbiggin; Newebygginge; Gret Hewghe Bastle cropmark/slight earthwork
Haggerston Castle Hagerston; Braggarstone; Turris de Haggarston Masonry Castle , Tower House no visible
Haggerston Dovecote Uncertain major building
Hepscott Tower Hepscott Hall; Heppescotes; Hepscot Pele Tower masonry ruins/remnants
Holy Island Church of St Mary Fortified Ecclesiastical site masonry ruins/remnants
Inner Farne Island Chapel of St Cuthbert 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 building
Lindisfarne Priory Holy Island Fortified Ecclesiastical site masonry ruins/remnants
Lindisfarne Steel End The Heugh; Osborne's Fort Artillery Fort masonry footings
Lindisfarne; The Palace Supply Base Palace , Artillery Fort masonry ruins/remnants
Lowick Motte Low Steads Timber Castle earthwork
Lowick Tower Bastle Corner; Lowyke; Lowicke; Lawkye Pele Tower no visible
Norham Bastion Artillery Fort cropmark/slight earthwork
Norham Castle Northam; Norrham; Ubbanford Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace , Artillery Fort masonry ruins/remnants
Norham Church of St Cuthbert Fortified Ecclesiastical site masonry ruins/remnants
Plessey Hall Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower masonry footings
Prior Castell's Tower, Inner Farne Island Farne Island Tower; Prior Castel’s Tower Tower House , Artillery Fort major building
Scremerston Tower Turris de Skremerston; Scrimmerstone; Skremerston Pele Tower no visible
Shoreswood Tower Pele Tower no visible
Thornton Tower, Shoreswood West Thornton Tower; Thorntonpark Pele Tower cropmark/slight earthwork
Tillmouth Tower, Cornhill-on-Tweed Tilmowthe; Tilmouth; Tylemouth Pele Tower cropmark/slight earthwork
Tweedmouth Castle Tweedmouth Tower; Tiefort Masonry Castle , Palace no visible
Tweedmouth Towers Pele Tower no visible
Twizell Castle Twyzell; Twysill; Twizel; Twisle Tower House masonry ruins/remnants
West Newbiggin, Norham Newbrigging; Newebygginge; Newbiging Pele Tower no visible

This listing was last updated on Wednesday, May 1, 2013


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