Temple Thornton

In the civil parish of Hartburn.
In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

Dodds writes 'A tower here is just a non-proven possibility'. Camera of the Knights Templar at Temple Thornton. Though this has sometimes been considered a preceptory it is doubtful if it was more than a camera for a chaplain, a bailiff and a woodward, such as existed in 1338 after it had passed to the Hospitallers. Both the Templars and Hospitallers would have had the money and status to build a pele.

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ103856

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 23271

County Sites and Monuments Record number; N11034

Web site links
- http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N11034
Books
- Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing)
  Knowles, David and Hadcock, R Neville, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Longman) p296
Journal Articles
- Hadcock, R.N., 1939, 'Map of Mediaeval Northum and Durham' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser4] Vol16 p170

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