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Monument Number 25324
Hob Uid: 25324
Location : Northumberland Ashington
Grid Ref : NZ2814087880
Summary : Possible site of a pele tower, built before 1513. No remains survive, the site is now covered by modern development,
More information : NZ 2814 8788 Hurst Castle (NR) (remains of) (NAT) (1) The 'Castle' of Hirst still stood in Hodgson's time (circa 1916) and was incorporated in a farmhouse. There were two buildings of which very little is known, one may have been a tower or a pele and the other a castle. Tomlinson states that the tower was probably built by Ralph, 3rd Lord Ogle, who died in 1513 and the adjoining farm house may have been built by Thomas Errington, who died in 1629. The E wall of the farm house was surmounted by a narrow oblong turret and this was believed to be the only part with battlements. The S front was mainly Jacobean. (2-3) No remains; site covered by modern development. (4) According to Dodds, a tower was built for George Ogle, documented in a contract of 1536, and in 1549 he was charged to light a beacon on it when reivers were about. The tower was demolished in 1910. He also refers to the second tower (as authy.2) which Warburton attributed to one Johnson. Nothing is known of any Johnson owning or leasing property in this area.Listed by Cathcart King and by Dodds. (5,6)

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Source Number : 1
Source : Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
Source details : OS 6" 1898
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Source Number : 2
Source : VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION
Source details : Castles of Northum 1967 122 (B Long)
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Source Number : 3
Source : Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne
Source details : PSA Newcastle 9 1901 105-9 (W W Tomlinson)
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Source Number : 4
Source : Field Investigators Comments
Source details : F1 JHO 01-FEB-54
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Source Number : 5
Source : Bastions and Belligerents: Medieval Strongholds in Northumberland
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Source Number : 6
Source : Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume II : Norfolk-Yorkshire and the islands
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Built before 1513
Monument End Date : 1513
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Monument Type : Pele Tower
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : C17
Monument End Date : 1699
Monument Start Date : 1600
Monument Type : Farmhouse
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Demolished 1910
Monument End Date : 1910
Monument Start Date : 1910
Monument Type : Pele Tower
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 28 NE 4
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Related Activities :

Associated Activities : Primary, FIELD OBSERVATION ON NZ 28 NE 4
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1954-02-01
End Date : 1954-02-01

Associated Activities : Primary, HIRST CASTLE/LOW HIRST TOWER (SITE OF)
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1968-01-01
End Date : 1968-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 25324