Barmoor Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Barnmoor; Bairmoor; Byermore; Barmor; Barmer

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

C19 castellated mansion, incorporating some wall 1.2m-1.4m thick, of what was probably a C14 towerhouse, licence to crenellate granted to Thomas de Muschamp in 1341. In 1514 was capable of holding thirty horsemen. By 1550 reportedly had been 'cast down by the Scots and not repaired'

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

listed building

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The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NT99723988

Sources of information, references and further reading

Web site links

http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N1954

Books

Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p48-9
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p22
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p159
Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise)
Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p11, 32
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p326
Graham, F., 1977, Old Halls, Houses and Inns of Northumberland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p22
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p52-3
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p58
Pevsner, N., 1957, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (London, Penguin) p81
Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1935, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol14 p107-16
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p9, 17, 23, 37
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p413

Journal Articles

1905, Publications of the Surtees Society Vol111 p297-9
1904, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Vol1 p189

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]
1509 Survey of Tevedale [Click here]
1415 list of Northumberland Castles [Click here]
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1340-43) p221

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