MONUMENT NO. 6460

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Possible site of a pele tower with barmkin at Scremerston, recorded in the 15th and 16th centuries. No traces survive. Wlliam Swinhoe III built a tower at Scremerston before 1402. Although in poor condition in 1541, it had been repaired by 1561 with the addition of a barmkin. After 1603 it was allowed to become ruinous. The tower foundations could be traced on the North side of the village in the 19th century, but there are no traces now.

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The foundations of a tower may be traced in a field on the north side of Scremerston. (1)

It is mentioned in 15th and 16th century lists, once as 'with
barmkin' (2)

There are no visible remains of a tower at Scremerston, and no local tradition of one. (3)

Wlliam Swinhoe III built a tower at Scremerston before 1402. Although in poor condition in 1541, it had been repaired by 1561 with the addition of a barmkin. After 1603 it was allowed to become ruinous. The tower foundations could be traced on the North side of the village in the 19th century, but there are no traces now. Listed by Cathcart King and Dodds. (4,5)

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( 1) General reference

Hist. of Northumb. 1, pt 3, 1820,28 (J Hodgson)

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

C.J.Bates 14, 1891 Page(s)12 17 53

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 DS 29-OCT-68

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

Page(s)52-3

(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)353

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