Errington Tower

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

Remains of towerhouse incorperated into C18 house apparently not mentioned before 1715. Called Errington Castle on map of 1769. This clearly well known site is not recorded in the SMR. PastScape record reads "Approximate site of a strong house, known as Errington Hall. Little is known about it other than that it was succeeded in the second half of C14 by Cocklaw Tower. Nothing remains of this earlier building and its precise location is lost."

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY959716

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; 1402744

Books

Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p352
Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise)
Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p46
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p347
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p152
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p99
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Hodgson, John Crawford (ed), 1897, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol4 p184

Journal Articles

Hodgson, J.C., 1916, 'List of Ruined Towers, Chapels, etc., in Northumberland; compiled about 1715 by John Warburton, Somerset Herald, aided by John Horsley' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser3] Vol13 p13

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