Branton Tower

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

There was a tower here in 1584 but nothing is known of its earlier or subsequent history. A mansion, no longer extant, was built here in 1695 and the tower may have been used to provide building material. Alternatively, it may have been destroyed in 1680 in a conflagration which struck the village. The latter may explain a story that its foundations were seen opposite the Presbyterian chapel in 1864.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU046163

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; 5186

Books

Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p113-4
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p346
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p82
Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1935, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol14 p74
Hodgson, J.C., 1840, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt2 Vol3 p403-4

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