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Elsewick, Durham

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are no visible remains

Name	Elsewick, Durham
Alternative Names
Historic Country	Northumberland
Modern Authority	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1974 Authority	Tyne and Wear
Civil Parish	Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Clark lists in Durham "Elsewick.–At the south end of the village is a moated mound. Qy. masonry."

Gatehouse Comments

Possibly this is a reference to something in Elswick, Northumbland. No reason to believe this was ever part of Durham, although it is close to the traditional county boundary (The river Tyne). This area was much developed in the C19 and has a long history, dating back to medieval times, of coal mining making reading the medieval landscape near impossible to reconstruct. Clark's list seems to have been built up from correspondence some of which may have come from individuals who did not understand what Clark meant by 'moated mound'. South of the village would exclude a collapsed Roman milecastle (Hadrian's wall ran north of the village), although the mention of 'masonry' leads to the suspicion that this was a collapsed building of some sort rather than a mound.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record

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OS Map Grid Reference	NZ230630
Latitude	54.9609985351563
Longitude	-1.64079999923706
Eastings	423000
Northings	563000