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Monument Number 14482
Hob Uid: 14482
Location : Northumberland Falstone
Grid Ref : NY6640092100
Summary : Site of a pele tower or bastle of probable 16th century date at Wainhope. No trace of the tower is now visible.
More information : Pele or bastle at Wainhope. (1) (NY 66409210) The remains of Wainhope Pele, situated in a clearing in re-afforested area to the south east of Plashett's Burn. (2) The siting falls within newly -afforested land and there are no visible remains. The position is excellent for a defensive tower, being near the top of a W-facing slope, and naturally defend on the N side by steep rock crags which drop to the Wainhope Burn. The tower would command the valley of the Plashetts Burn to the W and SW, and the hills for several miles beyond, and would overlook a great area of open moorland to the NW, N and NE. The ground rises locally only to the SE, and the slope is very slight. (3)

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Source details : Arch Ael 4th Ser 16 1939 184 map of Mediaeval Northum and Durham (R N Hadcock)
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Source details : Inf from M Hope Dodds
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : F1 FC 05.07.564
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Source Number : 2b
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Source details : Oral H F Clarke Esq 5 7 56 Essex Arch Soc (author of The Towns and fortified Houses of Northum 1905-1956 Private work. Unpublished
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : F2 BHP 28-SEP-70
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : C16
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1500
Monument Type : Pele Tower
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : C16
Monument End Date : 1599
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Pele Tower
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 69 SE 1
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1956-07-05
End Date : 1956-07-05

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1970-09-28
End Date : 1970-09-28

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 14482