Buckton Tower

Has been described as a Certain Pele Tower

There are no visible remains

NameBuckton Tower
Alternative Names
Historic CountryNorthumberland
Modern AuthorityNorthumberland
1974 AuthorityNorthumberland
Civil ParishKyloe

A tower at Buckton is listed in 1415, and in 1626 mention is made of 'Tower land, malt barn, kilne and dovecoat' (last at NU 08063857 see NU 03 NE 15 (sic - actually NU 03 NE 10)) (Hodgson 1820).

There are no visible remains of the tower in or around the present hamlet, and neither 'tower land' nor any other significant field name is recorded on a plan of 1761 held by a local farmer. Its view of the tower's association with the dovecot, however, it probably stood on the site of the farmhouse at NU 08123845, which occupies a prominent position (F1 EG 13-APR-55). (PastScape)

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNU081384
Latitude55.6395416259766
Longitude-1.87255001068115
Eastings408120
Northings638450
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Books

  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Newcastle upon Tyne: Keepdate Publishing) p. 60-1
  • Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 114 (slight)
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 346
  • Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p. 83
  • Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p. 75
  • Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p. 19 (Also published as the whole of volume 14 (series 2) of Archaeologia Aeliana view online)
  • Raine, J., 1852, History and Antiquities of North Durham (London) p. 23, 200-1
  • Hodgson, J., 1820, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Part 3 Vol. 1 p. 29 online copy

Journals

  • 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) Vol. 13 p. 9 abridged transcription
  • Bates, C.J., 1891, 'Border Holds of Northumberland' Archaeologia Aeliana (ser2) Vol. 14 p. 19 online copy

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