Holburn Tower

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Holborn

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

Possible site of a tower at Holburn. Built by the monks of Lindisfarne between 1350 and 1415. In 1514 it was said to be suitable for a garrison of 20 men. It suffered in a raid in 1516 and was reconditioned as a tower by 1541 with a barmkin. Abandoned shortly after 1553.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU0436

Sources of information, references and further reading

Web site links

http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N3687

Books

Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p50-1
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p114 [slight]
Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p32
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p349
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p205
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p122
Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1935, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol14 p136-7
Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p17, 23, 39

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]

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