Newbiggin Pele, Heighington

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Newbigging; Heighton

In the civil parish of Heighington.
In the historic county of Durham; County Palatinate of (Modern Authority of Darlington, 1974 county of County Durham).

"The old house of Newbiggin stands low, near some wild broken ground, with a brook or runner in front. The walls are of solid masonry, and the chief staircase of stone. There are, or were, the remains of something like a peal or tower on the west {?}." "The remains of a Pele or tower on the west are now taken down" From Makenenzie and Ross. OS archaeologist reported an oral record of a building pulled down at the grid reference c.1904, with very narrow windows, which may have been the remains of a pele.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ22112403

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; 24064

County Sites and Monuments Record number; D1455

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=D1455
• Books
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p139 [possible]
    Mackenzie and Ross. 1834. History of Durham Vol2 p170
    Surtees, R. 1823. History of Durham Vol3 (Durham) p309
• Journal Articles
  • Hadcock, R.N., 1939, 'Map of Mediaeval Northum and Durham' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser4] Vol16 p198