MONUMENT NO. 6136

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Possible site of a tower at Holburn. Built by the monks of Lindisfarne between 1350 and 1415. In 1514 it was said to be suitable for a garrison of 20 men. It suffered in a raid in 1516 and was reconditioned as a tower by 1541 with a barmkin. Abandoned shortly after 1553.

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A tower at Holburn is first mentioned in a list of 1415. In 1509 it was stated to be capable of holding 20 horsemen. A survey of 1541 describes the tower and barmkin at Holburn as being in good repair. (1)

There is no evidence or tradition of this at Holburn. (2)

Built by the monks of Lindisfarne between 1350 and 1415. In 1514 it was said to be suitable for a garrison of 20 men. It suffered in a raid in 1516 and was reconditioned as a tower by 1541 with a barmkin. Abandoned shortly after 1553. Listed by both Cathcart King and Dodds. (3,4)

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

C J Bates 14, 1891 Page(s)17,23,19

( 2) Field Investigators Comments

F1 ASP 18-NOV-55

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

Page(s)50-1

(4) 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)349

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