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Monument Number 1379

Hob Uid: 1379
Location :
Northumberland
Cornhill-on-Tweed
Grid Ref : NT8700042800
Summary : Site of the deserted medieval settlement of Tillmouth, which included a tower built between 1415-1496, and described as ruinous in 1561. All that now remains of the site are narrow ditches of uncertain date, visible as faint cropmarks on aerial photographs.
More information : [Area NT 870428] A survey of 1542 mentions a tower in the town of "Tylemouth" which stood on the west side of the river Till near where it flows into the Tweed. (1)

The tower at Tillmouth was destroyed by James VI. in 1496, a survey of 1561 describes it as a little tower or pile much decayed with a little barmkin about it. A survey of 1715 refers to Tillmouth as a small village in which are the ruins of an ancient chapel [NT 84 SE 8] (2)

The area in the vicinity of the chapel is arable land. There are no
visible remains of either the village or the tower. (3)

No apparent remains of a DMV visible on available A.Ps.(RAF 1945) (4)

Narrow ditches of uncertain date are visible as faint cropmarks on aerial photographs centred at NT870 428.

A long ditch running between NT8716 4281 and NT8690 4283 and abutted by shorter ditches coincides with the given location of the site of Tillmouth village (see authority (1)).
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Listed by King and by Dodds. (6,7)
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Source details : Hodgson J. 1828. History of Northumberland, II, part 3, 178
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Source details : F1 EG 03-NOV-55
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Source details : F2 DK 12-JAN-67
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Source details : NMR NT 8742/45 (2233/11) 20-JUL-1982
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Cropmark
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant 1415-1496
Monument End Date : 1496
Monument Start Date : 1415
Monument Type : Pele Tower, Barmkin
Evidence : Documentary Evidence
Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Ditch
Evidence : Cropmark
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Northumberland)
External Cross Reference Number : 971
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NT 84 SE 10
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1955-11-03
End Date : 1955-11-03
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1967-01-12
End Date : 1967-01-12
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2003-03-27
End Date : 2003-09-29