FENHAM TOWER AND CASTLE

  • Description

    "Benedictine grange or manor house of Lindisfarne Priory, built or added to in 1339 AD, with a moat or a ditch in 1385 AD. A tower was standing in 1560 AD. Now just a mound surrounded by the remains of a precinct wall and ditch and a series of enclosures thought to contain the remains of service and agricultural buildings, crofts and tofts, the remains of medieval agricultural systems and part of a mill race. Some sources suggests this as site of a small motte and bailey of late C11 date. Although this is a manorial centre there doesn't seem to be any evidence for this suggestion. The tower is certain; the castle is questionable....."
  • Owner

    Gatehouse Gazetteer
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
  • License

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  • Further information

    Link: http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2711.html
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 7 years, 1 month ago
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    Picture Taken: Unknown
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