Seaton Delaval Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Delavel; Dalawele; Seton Dallyvell; Turris de Seton de la uale

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

Medieval tower, documented in 1415, and known to have C16 and C17 additions. Mentioned by Leland as Dalawele Castle. It was used as beacon in 1549. It was probably demolished about 1720 by Vanburgh when landscaping for Seaton Delaval Hall.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ322765

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

County Sites and Monuments Record number; N11954

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N11954
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing)
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p94
    Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise) p107
    Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p77
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p353
    Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p312
    Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p154
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Craster, H.H.E. (ed), 1909, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol9 p177-80
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p419-20
    Tomlinson, W.W., 1897, Comprehensive Guide to Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p60-1
    Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p16, 27
    Hodgson, J. and Laird, F., 1813, Beauties of England and Wales; Northumberland Vol12 p91
• Journal Articles
  • 1887, Archaeologia Aeliana Vol12 p223
• 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]
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p342
    Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol5 p63