Photo of Castle Stalker, a tower house near Port Appin in the Lynn of Lorn, Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

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Tower housesCastles & strongholds

Fortified towers of the borders and beyond — pele towers and bastles. 62 on the map.

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Abberwick medieval village

Abberwick medieval village, tower house and open field system

Northumberland

Alnham Castle

Alnham Castle: a medieval tower house

Northumberland

Bastle and round cairn at Hole Farm

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Bastle at Craig Farm

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Bastle at Grandy's Knowe

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Bastle at Low Leam Farm

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Bastle at The Raw Farm

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Bastle House

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Bastles at Chesterwood

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Photo of Belsay tower house, a ruined tower house near Newcastle Airport Metro, Northumberland, north east England.

Belsay tower house

Belsay tower house and attached unfortified wing, deserted medieval village, possible moated site, promontory fort and watch post

Northumberland

Biddlestone RC Chapel

Tower house and World War II air raid shelter, 360m east of Biddlestone Home Farm

Northumberland

Photo of Black Middens Bastle House, a ruined tower house near Falstone, Northumberland, north east England.

Black Middens Bastle House

Two bastles, an 18th century farmhouse and associated enclosures at Black Middings

Northumberland

Photo of Cresswell tower house, a ruined tower house in Northumberland, north east England.

Cresswell tower house

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Dally Castle

Dally Castle fortified house and tower house

Northumberland

Photo of Etal Castle, a ruined castle in Northumberland, north east England.

Etal Castle

Etal Castle tower house

Northumberland

Photo of Gatehouse South bastle, a ruined tower house near Falstone, Northumberland, north east England.

Gatehouse South bastle

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Photo of Great Tosson tower house, a ruined tower house near Rothbury, Northumberland, north east England.

Great Tosson tower house

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Heiferlaw Tower

Heiferlaw tower house, 230m north east of Holywell

Northumberland

Hepburn Bastle

Tower house in Chillingham Park, 270m north east of Hepburn Cottage

Northumberland

Hethpool tower house

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

High Shaw Bastle

Bastle, 500m west of High Shaw

Northumberland

Howtel tower house

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Hunstanworth tower house

A fortified tower house in County Durham.

County Durham

Kyloe tower house

Kyloe tower house, East Kyloe

Northumberland

Low Cleughs Bastle

Low Cleughs Bastle, 580m NNE of Low Leam Farm

Northumberland

Nafferton castle

Nafferton castle and tower house, 750m east of Nafferton Farm

Northumberland

Photo of Ninebanks tower house, a ruined tower house near Allendale in the North Pennines, Northumberland, north east England.

Ninebanks tower house

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Photo of North Bastle, Gatehouse, a ruined tower house near Falstone, Northumberland, north east England.

North Bastle, Gatehouse

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Photo of Simonburn Castle, a ruined castle near Wark, Northumberland, north east England.

Simonburn Castle

Simonburn Castle tower house

Northumberland

Photo of Twizel tower house, a ruined tower house near Norham, Northumberland, north east England.

Twizel tower house

Twizel medieval tower house and village, post-medieval folly and garden

Northumberland

Photo of Vicar's Pele, a ruined tower house near Wylam, Northumberland, north east England.

Vicar's Pele

Vicar's Pele: a medieval tower house on north side of Main Street

Northumberland

Vicar's pele tower

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Welton tower house

A fortified tower house in Northumberland.

Northumberland

Woodhouses Bastlehouse

Bastle, 100m south-west of Holystone Grange

Northumberland

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Bastle at Upper Denton

A fortified tower house in Cumbria.

Haltwhistle

Blencow Old Hall moated tower house

A fortified tower house in Cumbria.

Penrith

Burneside Hall

Burneside Hall, pele tower and gatehouse

Kendal

Catterlen Hall tower house

A fortified tower house in Cumbria.

Penrith

Photo of Clifton Hall, a ruined tower house near Penrith, Cumbria, north west England.

Clifton Hall

Fifteenth-century tower house, all that is left of the Wybergh manor, looted by Bonnie Prince Charlie's retreating army before the 1745 clash at Clifton Moor.

Penrith

Crake Trees tower house

A fortified tower house in Cumbria.

Morland

Crew Castle

Crew Castle bastle

Cumbria

Harbybrow pele tower

A fortified tower house in Cumbria.

Ireby

High Grains bastle and shieling

High Grains bastle and shieling 130m west of High Grains Farm

Cumbria

Photo of Lammerside Castle, a ruined castle near Kirkby Stephen in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria, north west England.

Lammerside Castle

Lammerside Castle medieval tower house

Kirkby Stephen

Liddel Strength motte

Liddel Strength motte and bailey castle and fortified tower house

Gretna Green

Loan bastle and post-cottage

The Loan medieval bastle and post-medieval cottage

Newcastleton

Low Grains bastle

A fortified tower house in Cumbria.

Cumbria

Lynestead pele tower

Lynestead medieval pele tower, early post-medieval farmstead and an associated corn drying kiln

Newcastleton

Stonehouse Tower

Stonehouse Tower bastle

Newcastleton

Workington Hall tower house

Workington Hall tower house and later medieval fortified house

Maryport

Tower houses elsewhere in England 1

Photo of Whorlton Castle, the earthworks of a former castle near Osmotherley in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, northern England.

Whorlton Castle

Whorlton Castle: a motte and bailey and tower house with associated garden, earthworks, ponds, park pale, field system, deserted village and church

Osmotherley

Tower houses in Southern Scotland 4

Photo of Drumcoltran Castle, a ruined tower house near New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.

Drumcoltran Castle

A fortified tower house in Dumfries and Galloway.

Dumfries and Galloway

Greenknowe Tower, Gordon

A fortified tower house in Scottish Borders.

Scottish Borders

Photo of Orchardton Tower, a ruined tower house near Palnackie in the East Stewartry Coast, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.

Orchardton Tower

A fortified tower house in Dumfries and Galloway.

Dumfries and Galloway

Photo of Smailholm Tower, a ruined tower house in the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.

Smailholm Tower

Lonely Border peel tower on a crag.

Scottish Borders

Tower houses elsewhere in Scotland 5

Photo of Castle Stalker, a tower house near Port Appin in the Lynn of Lorn, Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Castle Stalker

Tower house on a tidal islet in Loch Laich.

Argyll and Bute

Photo of Craigievar Castle, a tower house near Alford (Alford), Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland.

Craigievar Castle

Pink tower house with famous plaster ceilings.

Aberdeenshire

Photo of Preston Tower, a ruined tower house near Prestonpans, East Lothian, central Scotland.

Preston Tower

Preston Tower and Dovecot

East Lothian

Photo of Scotstarvit Tower, a ruined tower house near Ceres, Fife, central Scotland.

Scotstarvit Tower

A fortified tower house in Fife.

Fife

Photo of Wine Tower, a ruined tower house near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland.

Wine Tower

Wine Tower, tower

Aberdeenshire

Tower houses in Wales 2

Caer y Tŵr

A fortified tower house in Anglesey.

Anglesey

St Hilary's Chapel

A fortified tower house in Denbighshire.

Denbighshire