Low Trewhitt

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Nether Trewitt; Low Trewitt; Low Trehwitt; Turris de Terwhit inferioris

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

Possible site of pele tower recorded in 1415 and 1541. No upstanding remains survive, but a number of earthworks, visible in a field to the north of the present farmhouse, are thought to represent the remains of the tower. A small stone window of C14 or C15 date, which can be seen in the north gable wall of one of the farm buildings, may be a relic of the medieval pele.

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU00290480

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; 4676

County Sites and Monuments Record number; N2829

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N2829
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p169-70
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p115 [slight]
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2
    Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p231
    Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p134
    Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1940, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol15 p403
    Dixon, D.D., 1903. Upper Coquetdale (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p343-4 [brief]
    Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p17, 44
• Journal Articles
  • Hadcock, R.N., 1939, 'Map of Mediaeval Northum and Durham' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser4] Vol16 p182
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • 1415 list of Northumberland Castles [Click here]
• Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Ryder, P.F., 1994-5. Towers and Bastles in Northumberland, part 1 Alnwick District, 35-6