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Bolam Castle
In the civil parish of Belsay.
In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).
Iron Age defended settlement surviving as an earthwork. A medieval tower that stood on the site was demolished in C19. Jackson writes settlement was possibly adapted, in C12, into a motte and bailey castle (although he does not identify a mound) He dates the tower to late C13 and built by Robert de Reymes. This was burnt by the Scots in early C14 and described in 1323 as 'the site of an ancient manor the capital messuage worth nothing owing to the destruction of the Scots'.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Masonry Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ08648230
PastScape number;
21050
County Sites and Monuments Record number; N10577
- Web site links
- Books
- Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p263
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p28
Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise) p33-4
Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p7, 71
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p328
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p76
Hedley, W. Percy, 1968-70, Northumberland Families Vol1 p19, 22-4
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p71-2
Sanders, I.J., 1960, English Baronies. A study of their origin and descent 1086-1327 p17
Tomlinson, W.W., 1897, Comprehensive Guide to Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p268
Hodgson, J.C., 1827, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt2 Vol1 p336-7
- Journal Articles
- Jobey, G. 1965. 'Hill Forts and Settlements in Northumberland' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser4] Vol43 p61, no.13
Hunter Blair, C.H., 1944, 'The Early Castles of Northumberland' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser4] Vol22 p146
Ball, T., 1921-2, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Vol10 p238, 240
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