GATE CASTLE

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Site of a probable tower. Described by one documentary source as the south gate to the deer park owned by the Bishops of Durham, but the site lies one mile inside the south wall of the park. The site has now been completely cleared but earlier records describe the ruins of an L-shaped building constructed of stone rubble.

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(NY 94103791) Gate Castle (TI) (1)

Said by Egglestone to be the southern gate of the deer park of the Bishops of Durham and to have been once owned by Emerson the mathematician. It is, however, a mile inside the south wall of the Deer Park with which it probably has some connection. It is quite unrelated to existing field walls. No sign of the east and west walls in 1945. (2-3)

The remains of the Gate Castle form a rectangle measuring 17m E to W by 7m N to S. The N, E and W walls of coursed rubble masonry stand to a maximum height of 1.4m and are spread to a width of 2.0m. The S wall is visible as a grass covered bank 1.0m wide by 0.2m high. No entrance is visible. (4)

Abutting the remains above described, are the foundations of a possible wing projecting to the south. This area measures 9 x 5 metres, and makes the building L-shaped on plan. (5)

The remains of this probable gate tower have been completely removed. All that remains are a few flat stones protruding through the now level turf. (6)

Listed by Cathcart King. (7)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1923

( 2) Annotated Record Map

Corr 6" (EJW Hildyard 1951)

( 3) by E J W Hildyard 1957 Archaeology of Weardale : summaries of research 1945-47 (revised and amplified 1957) and summary of research 1953-54

Arch of Weardale Research Summary 1945 2 No 7

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F1 DS 01-JUL-57

( 5) Field Investigators Comments

F2 JLD 02-JUL-57

( 6) Field Investigators Comments

F3 ISS 09-SEP-74

(7) by David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. Volume I : Anglesey - Montgomery

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