Cocklaw Peel, Adderstone

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

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NameCocklaw Peel, Adderstone
Alternative NamesCocklaw Pele
Historic CountryNorthumberland
Modern AuthorityNorthumberland
1974 AuthorityNorthumberland
Civil ParishAdderstone with Lucker

Pele tower survives as a low earthwork. In the 1950s traces of stonework were visible but by 1969 the remains were difficult to detect. (Keys to the Past)

The published site is marked by a slight platorm 17.0m x 10.0m in a ploughed field; traces of undressed stone and mortar visible. Possibly the tower, at Adderstone mentioned in 1415 (see NU 12 NW 20) (F1 JHO 04-APR-55)

The site is as described but the remains are unsurveyable (F2 BHP 02-JAN-69). (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

King writes may be identical to Adderstone. Arguable, the recorded dimensions of the site are that of a pele-house (bastle) rather than that of a pele-tower although this is rather outside the area of highest concentration of pele-houses. Gatehouse is of the opinion that the tower of 1415 was located at Adderstone Hall. The county history for Adderstone (Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNU116291
Latitude55.5559883117676
Longitude-1.81676995754242
Eastings411670
Northings629150
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Books

  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 345

Primary Sources