Rothbury Hurley Knowles
Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)
There are earthwork remains
Name | Rothbury Hurley Knowles |
Alternative Names | |
Historic Country | Northumberland |
Modern Authority | Northumberland |
1974 Authority | Northumberland |
Civil Parish | Rothbury |
Hurley Knowes is the name given to a short stretch of the south bank of the River Coquet at the east end of Rothbury. Here, a series of high earthen mounds once stood and were speculated to be burial mounds or mottes. The features are, however, natural alluvial mounds. Only one of the 'mounds' survives, the others probably having been destroyed by a small 20th century housing complex. It is a flat-topped natural hillock isolated by a short artificial ditch from the prominent ridge of which it is a part. This, together with the declivity on the south-west side, affords a strong defensive position which could have served as a motte. (Northumberland Extensive Urban Survey)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid Reference | NU060016 |
Latitude | 55.309139251709 |
Longitude | -1.90576004981995 |
Eastings | 406090 |
Northings | 601680 |