Ogle Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Oggle; Ogill

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

Ogle Castle moated site situated on the left bank of the Ogle Burn. At the eastern end of the north row of the deserted medieval village of Ogle are the remains of a large enclosure bounded by an earthen bank standing to a height of 1m. Within the enclosure are the partially infilled remains of a double moated site. Part of the inner moat on the northern side and all of its western arm survive well where they are on average 2m deep. At the north west corner the inner moat stands up to 4m deep. Part of the southern arm of the outer moat also survives as a slight earthwork 0.4m deep. Sir Robert Ogle was granted a licence to crenellate in 1341.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1341 May 11.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 428716)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ14057908

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; 23065

County Sites and Monuments Record number; N10923

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N10923
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing)
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p90
    Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p122-3
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p200 [slight]
    Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise) p98-101
    Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p10, 76, 78
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p339
    Beresford, M.W. and StJoseph, J.K., 1979, Medieval England p113-16
    Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p290
    Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p144
    Pevsner, N., 1957, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (London, Penguin) p272 [rather dubious]
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Tomlinson, W.W., 1897, Comprehensive Guide to Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p78
    Bateson, Edward (ed), 1895, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol2 p379-80
    Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p9, 13
    Hodgson, J.C., 1827, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt2 Vol1 p379-80
    Hodgson, J. and Laird, F., 1813, Beauties of England and Wales; Northumberland Vol12 p100-1
• Journal Articles
  • 1905, Publications of the Surtees Society Vol111 p301
    1901, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Vol10 p57-8
    1896-8, History of the Berwickshire Naturalist Club Vol16 p138
    1890, The Monthly Chronicle; North Country Lore and Legend p328-9
• 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]
    Calendar of Charter Rolls Vol5 p4
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/nhumbeng.html#nhumb18]