Ilderton Tower

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Turris de Ildirton

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

Tower and barmekyn built before 1415 but ruinous by 1541 and now vanished. Was considered to be be capably of lodging 50 soldiers in 1542 if repaired and described as a 'great tower' so presumably a tower house rather than a pele tower. Some remains may be incorporated into Ilderton Hall.

This site has been described as a;
Tower House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Uncertain remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU01662177

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; 5942

County Sites and Monuments Record number; N3501

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N3501
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing)
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p115 [slight]
    Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p33
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p350
    Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p219
    Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p126
    Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1935, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol14 p266
    Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p17, 42
    MacLauchlan, H., 1864. Memoir written during a survey of the eastern branch of the Watling street (London) sheet 3
• Journal Articles
  • Hodgson, J.C., 1916, 'List of Ruined Towers, Chapels, etc., in Northumberland; compiled about 1715 by John Warburton, Somerset Herald, aided by John Horsley' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser3] Vol13 p10
• 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]
    1415 list of Northumberland Castles [Click here]