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Monument Number 23097
Hob Uid: 23097
Location : Northumberland Ponteland
Grid Ref : NZ1400076000
Summary : Possible site of a pele tower or bastle recorded in a survey of 1415. No trace of such a structure survives.
More information : (Marginal) A list of 1415 refers to a tower at Kirkley in the possession of Sir William Eure. (1) Mr. E. J. Hetterington, Principal of the Farm Institute, now housed in Kirkley Hall, has no knowledge of the tower, or of its site. There are no traces of one in the vicinity of Kirkley Hall. (2) The tower was built shortly before 1415 by Sir William Eure, and a manor house was added to it later. These were demolished by Cuthbert Ogle who replaced them with Kirkley Hall in 1764. (3,4)

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Source details : C.J.Bates
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Source details : F1 ASP 02-MAR-56
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Recorded in 1415
Monument End Date : 1415
Monument Start Date : 1415
Monument Type : Pele Tower
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Extant 1540-1764
Monument End Date : 1764
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Manor House, Pele Tower
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Number : NZ 17 NW 8
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1956-03-02
End Date : 1956-03-02

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 23097