MONUMENT NO. 3758

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The site of a tower built shortly before 1415 with a barmkin. Described as in a state of disrepair in 1541, it was abandoned in 1603 and dismantled. Nothing now survives above ground.

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A tower existed at Fenton as early as 1415. In 1541, it was described as "a great tower with a barmkin" in decay. (1)

Foundations were still visible c.1889 in the garden of the farm belonging to Mr. Laidlaw. (2)

A field at NT 969335 called Tower Close, may be the site of the tower , though no foundations are visible now. Otherwise no further information. (3)

Abandoned and dismantled in 1603. In a state of disrepair in 1541, it was repaired, the Warden of the Marches being able to station 100 footmen within it in 1549. (4,5)

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( 1) by Kenneth H Vickers 1922 A history of Northumberland, volume eleven : the parishes of Carham, Branxton, Kirknewton, Wooler and Ford

A history of Northumberland15 vols (1893-1940) vol.11 Page(s)239-40

( 2) Archaeologia Aeliana : or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity

13, 1889 Page(s)68

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 DK 01-FEB-67

(4) Dodds, JF 1999 Bastions and Belligerents: Medieval Strongholds in Northumberland

Page(s)81-3

(5) David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume II : Norfolk-Yorkshire and the islands

Page(s)348

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