Prendwick Tower

Has been described as a Certain Pele Tower

There are no visible remains

NamePrendwick Tower
Alternative NamesPrendike; Prendyke
Historic CountryNorthumberland
Modern AuthorityNorthumberland
1974 AuthorityNorthumberland
Civil ParishAlnham

The village of Prendwick was raided by the Scots in 1533 and 1543. A local man, Thomas Alder, built a small tower as a defence, and it is mentioned in documents in 1541 and 1584. However, the tower has since disappeared, and its site is not known. (Keys to the Past)

Prendwick was raided by the Scots in 1533 and 1543. By way of defence Thomas Alder built a little tower which is mentioned in 1541 and 1584 but has now completely disappeared (Dodds 1935).

The present buildings at Prendwick contain no traces of antiquity, and the owner had no knowledge of the former existence of a tower there. The site of the tower could not be identified and local enquiries revealed no significant field names (F1 DAD 03-MAY-1957). (Northumberland HER)

Gatehouse Comments

Site lost but possibly under the current house. This can only have been a solar tower attached to undefended buildings.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNU002122
Latitude55.4040489196777
Longitude-1.99830996990204
Eastings400200
Northings612200
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Books

  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Newcastle upon Tyne: Keepdate Publishing) p. 160
  • Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 115 (slight)
  • Rowland, T.H., 1987 (reprint1994), Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p. 33
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 352
  • Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p. 296
  • Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p. 147
  • Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1935, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol. 14 p. 577
  • Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p. 43 (Also published as the whole of volume 14 (series 2) of Archaeologia Aeliana view online)

Journals

  • Bates, C.J., 1891, 'Border Holds of Northumberland' Archaeologia Aeliana (ser2) Vol. 14 p. 43 online copy

Primary Sources