Weetslade tower
Weetslade tower
HER Number
788
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Weetslade tower
Place
Weetslade
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Fortified House
Site Type: Specific
Tower House
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The 1415 list of castles and fortalices in Northumberland includes "turris de Wittslad iuxt mare". Bates located this at Weetslade in Long Benton parish, but Dodds objected on the grounds that Weetslade is not by the sea. There is no further information.
Easting
426126
Northing
573618
Grid Reference
NZ426126573618
Sources
<< HER 788 >> C.J. Bates, 1891, The Border Holds of Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XIV, p. 19 and map opp. p. 14
R.N. Hadcock, 1939, A Map of Medieval Northumberland and Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XVI, 176
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, Weetslade Township, Northumberland County History, XIII, 430
R.N. Hadcock, 1939, A Map of Medieval Northumberland and Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XVI, 176
M.H. Dodds, ed. 1930, Weetslade Township, Northumberland County History, XIII, 430