Robert Mowbray's castle
Robert Mowbray's castle
HER Number
132
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Robert Mowbray's castle
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Castle
Site Type: Specific
Castle
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The existence of a Norman castle at Tynemouth is known from the account of the rebellion in 1095 by Robert Mowbray, earl of Northumberland (from c.1080) against William Rufus when the castle was besieged for two months before surrendering. The site of this castle has not been proved, but many authorities place it on the site of the 14th century castle.
Easting
437200
Northing
569400
Grid Reference
NZ437200569400
Sources
<< HER 132 >> H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Northumberland County History, Vol. VIII, p. 52 and note 2
C.H. Hunter Blair, 1944, The Early Castles of Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXII, pp. 127-129
R.N. Hadcock, 1962, Tynemouth Priory and Castle, MPBW guidebook p. 20
Rolls Series Symeon, 1885, Historia Regum, II, p. 225
C.H. Hunter Blair, 1944, The Early Castles of Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXII, pp. 127-129
R.N. Hadcock, 1962, Tynemouth Priory and Castle, MPBW guidebook p. 20
Rolls Series Symeon, 1885, Historia Regum, II, p. 225