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Monument Number 15243
Hob Uid: 15243
Location : Northumberland Henshaw
Grid Ref : NY7522067550
Summary : Remains of a small pele tower, probably of 14th/15th century date, surviving as a slight platform with traces of foundations.
More information : [NY 7522 6756] Tower [G.T.] (Site of). (1) The site of a small, 14th/15th-century, border pele. Excavated 1911. (2-2a) There are no structural remains of the tower. Its site is visible as a slight platform, at NY 7522 6755, with traces of foundations. Surveyed at 1:2500. (3) Slight platform with excavation trenches and spoilheaps up to 0.4m high. It should be noted that Authority 2a gives no context for the medieval pottery, which is the only dating evidence for this feature. The tower is adjacent to the south face of Hadrian's Wall. (4) There are no surviving documentary references to this pele. (5) Additional reference. (6) Some fragmentary banks, visible on air photographs, were mapped as part of the Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Project in the location of the tower. It is not certain whether these features represent remains of the tower itself or the excavation trenches/spoil. (7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1957
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Source details : Mark Bowden/17-FEB-1988/RCHME: Hadrian's Wall Project
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Source details : NMR NY 7567/17 (16653/52) 18-MAY-1999
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : C14/C15
Monument End Date : 1499
Monument Start Date : 1300
Monument Type : Pele Tower
Evidence : Earthwork, Demolished Building

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Hadrian's Wall Project Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 7567/22
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26060
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Northumberland)
External Cross Reference Number : 6586
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 76 NE 36
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1911-01-01
End Date : 1911-12-31

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-09-23
End Date : 1966-09-23

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1988-01-01
End Date : 1993-08-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2002-01-01
End Date : 2008-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 15243