Nook

Has been described as a Questionable Pele Tower, and also as a Questionable Bastle

There are no visible remains

NameNook
Alternative NamesCharters; Nuke; Newke
Historic CountryCumberland
Modern AuthorityCumbria
1974 AuthorityCumbria
Civil ParishBewcastle

Site of bastle at Nook. Maughan, writing in 1862, states that 'at a place called the Nook, near Roantrees is a field which is generally known by the name of Cairns... at this place there was formerly an old building with very thick walls and portholes like those in the tower at Crews.' This suggests this was a bastle site. Cairns was called Charters in C18. There are possible traces at Charter Trees. (PastScape–ref. Perriam and Robinson)

Gatehouse Comments

Slight traces of tower or bastle burnt in 1587. Called Nuke in documents of 1587 and 1612. Has been suggested as Ye Bailie shown on the Aglionby Platt of 1590 but the wills in Harrison (1965) make clear this was a separate place.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNY520777
Latitude55.0914001464844
Longitude-2.75356006622314
Eastings352000
Northings577700
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 99 (slight)
  • Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 55
  • Jeffrey, A., 1864, History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire Vol. 4 p. 232 (facsimile of map) online copy

Journals

  • Harrison, J.V., 1967, 'Five Bewcastle wills' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 67 p. 102-3, 108 online copy
  • Maughan, J., 1854, 'Survey of the Maiden Way, from the Roman Wall into Scotland' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 11 p. 231-2 online copy

Primary Sources

  • Sanderson, R.P. (ed), 1891, Survey of the Debateable and Border Lands Adjoining the Realm of Scotland and Belonging to the Crown of England, Taken A.D. 1604 (Alnwick)