Hotbank Peel Tower, OS Field Parcel 6300, Hotbank Farm
Description: Rectangular foundations of a building, possibly a medieval Peel Tower, with surviving corner stones on all corners but the SE, measuring 10.6m (N-S) by 9.4m with earth and stone walls standing up to 0.5m high, divided into 2 halves internally N-S. The feature lies at the end of a double bank and ditch system running N from Hotbank Crags (12350*37). 'Peel', or 'pele', is a term originally defining a fortified enclosure but by the late Middle Ages had acquired a range of meaning and was often uses as a synomyn for a tower or to describe almost any defensible construction (Ramm et al 1970, xiv, 61). A peel tower was excavated by Simpson on Steel Rig in 1909 (12201*0) (Simpson G, 1976, 109).
Country: England
County: Northumberland
District: Tynedale
Parish: Bardon Mill
Grid Reference:
NY772688
Map Reference:
[EPSG:27700] 377230, 568800
Period/Subject: 1200 - 1500 - PELE TOWER
Identifiers:
[ADS] Depositor Id: 12200*0
[ADS] Associated Id: HBSMR Id: MNA111407
[ADS] Import RCN: NTSMR-MNA111407
People Involved:
[Publisher] National Trust
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