Callaly Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Callaley; Callalye

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

C17 to early C19 country house, incorporating a medieval pele-tower which forms the west wing. Outstanding internal and external architecture of several periods.

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU05250986

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; 4320

County Sites and Monuments Record number; N2751

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N2751
    http://www.sine.newcastle.ac.uk/view_structure_information.asp?struct_id=50
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p155-7
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p31
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p200 [slight]
    Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise) p38, 137
    Pevsner, N., 1992 (revised by Grundy, John et al), The Buildings of England: Northumberland (London, Penguin) p207-210
    Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p34
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p329
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p200
    Graham, F., 1977, Old Halls, Houses and Inns of Northumberland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p56-60
    Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p89-92
    Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p77-8
    Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles [1970 Reprint by Frank Graham] p55-7
    Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1935, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol14 p529-32
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p371
    Dixon, D.D., 1895. Whittingham Vale (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p133
    Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p42
• Journal Articles
  • Hussey, 1959, Country Life Vol125 p304-7, 358-61
    Hadcock, R.N., 1939, 'Map of Mediaeval Northum and Durham' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser4] Vol16 p188
    1914, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Vol124 p240
    1891-2, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Vol5 p91-6
    1889, The Monthly Chronicle; North Country Lore and Legend p295-6
• Guidebooks
  • Browne, Major A.S.C., 1985, Callaly Castle, Garden and Grounds
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • 1541 Survey of the East and Middle Marches [Click here]
• Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Ryder, P.F., 1995. Towers and Bastles in Northumberland Part 1 Alnwick District p7-9