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Tweedmouth Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Tweedmouth Tower; Tiefort
In the civil parish of Berwick upon Tweed.
In the historic county of Durham; North (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).
Approximate site of castle started in 1203 by Philip of Poitiers, Bishop of Durham and continued by King John. Twice attacked duing it's building by the Scots and razed to the ground. In 1209 King William of Scotland and King John of England met and signed a peace treaty in which William paid £4000 for the demolition of the works and Johm agreed'to desist for ever from attempting to erect any fortress at Tweedmouth' but in 1215 the Scottish attacked England and the English replied by burning down Berwick and rebuilding the castle. However, the Scottish finally destroyed it for the last time. Another suggested location is Knowe Head at NT976517
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NT99685211
PastScape number;
4172
County Sites and Monuments Record number; N2430 & N2717
- Web site links
- Books
- Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p51
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p175
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p99
Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise) p118
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p355
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p329
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker) p335-6
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p164
Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p849
Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p6
Hodgson, J.C., 1858, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt1 p237
Raine, J., 1852, History and Antiquities of North Durham (London) p244-5
Ridpath, G., 1848, Border History of England and Scotland p79-80
- Journal Articles
- Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p249-280]
Brown, R. Allen, 1955, 'Royal Castle-building in England 1154-1216' English Historical Review Vol70 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press)] pp19-64
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