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Ponteland Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Erringtons Tower; Blackbird Inn; Castle of Aymer de Athol
In the civil parish of Ponteland.
In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).
The ruins of a tower stand as part of the Blackbird Inn at Ponteland. The earls of Athol lived in the tower in C14. The Scots raided it in 1388, and was rebuilt in C17. It fell into ruins and was roofless until 1935 when it was restored and built into the inn. On the east side of the basement is an impressive fireplace of about 1600.
This site has been described as a;
Tower House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Uncertain remains.
This site is a
Grade 2* listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 238837)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ16537298
PastScape number;
870381
County Sites and Monuments Record number; N10991
- Web site links
- Books
- Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p275
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p91
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p200 [slight]
Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise) p102
Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p75
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p340
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p294-5
Long, B., 1967, Castles in Northumberland (Newcastle) p146
Pevsner, N., 1957, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (London, Penguin) p277
Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles [1970 Reprint by Frank Graham] p181-3
Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1926, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol12 p446-9, 451,454-5
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Tomlinson, W.W., 1897, Comprehensive Guide to Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p77
Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p12
- Journal Articles
- Hadcock, R.N., 1939, 'Map of Mediaeval Northum and Durham' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser4] Vol16 p148-218
1911-12, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Vol5 p70-1
1890, The Monthly Chronicle; North Country Lore and Legend p505-6
1889, The Monthly Chronicle; North Country Lore and Legend p367
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