peel tower
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Peel towers are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and about 1600. They were free-standing with defence being a prime consideration in their design, although "confirmation of status and prestige" also played a role. Additionally, they functioned as watch-towers, where garrisoned personnel could light signal fires to warn of approaching danger.
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peel towers; pele tower
tower house,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
5 places
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Bemersyde House ⓘ
house in the Scottish Borders, UK
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Clifton Hall ⓘ
manor house in Cumbria,England -
Gate Castle ⓘ
site of a fortified house in Stanhope, County Durham, England -
Paradise Fort ⓘ
former tower in Dartmouth, Devon, England, UK -
Thistlewood Tower ⓘ
Grade I listed farmhouse in Castle Sowerby, Cumbria, England, UK
OliverHouse
Corbridge Peel, Corbridge, Northumberland, 1882
Duns Castle
SmailholmBarmkin
Bastle, Printonan
Elsdon Tower
Smailholm Tower 22407 from E
Great Salkeld Church
Kirkhope
Cresswell Tower- Peel: its meaning and derivation - scientific article published in 1893
- Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland - book published in 1977
- Towerhouses, Pelehouses and Border Society - article, 1979
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | castle | Bemersyde House | historic house, peel tower | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Clifton Hall | English country house, peel tower, English Heritage, manor house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Gate Castle | peel tower, fortified house, gate tower | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Paradise Fort | peel tower, fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Thistlewood Tower | peel tower, farmhouse, fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | OliverHouse | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Corbridge Peel, Corbridge, Northumberland, 1882 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Duns Castle | Commons | ||
| commons | image | SmailholmBarmkin | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bastle, Printonan | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Elsdon Tower | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Smailholm Tower 22407 from E | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Great Salkeld Church | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Kirkhope | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Cresswell Tower | Commons | ||
