Elsewick, Durham (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
In the historic county of Northumberland.
Modern Authority of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
1974 county of Tyne and Wear.
Medieval County of Northumberland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NZ2363
Latitude 54.96100° Longitude -1.64080°

Elsewick, Durham has been described as a Timber Castle but is rejected as such.

There are no visible remains.

Comments

Possibly this is a reference to something in Elswick, Northumbland. No reason to believe this was ever part of Durham, although it is close to the traditional county boundary (The river Tyne). This area was much developed in the C19 and has a long history, dating back to medieval times, of coal mining making reading the medieval landscape near impossible to reconstruct. Clark's list seems to have been built up from correspondence some of which may have come from individuals who did not understand what Clark meant by 'moated mound'. South of the village would exclude a collapsed Roman milecastle (Hadrian's wall ran north of the village), although the mention of 'masonry' leads to the suspicion that this was a collapsed building of some sort rather than a mound.

Sources of information, references and further reading

Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record.

Periodical Articles
- Clark, G.T., 1889, 'Contribution towards a complete list of moated mounds or burhs' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 46 p. 197-217 esp. 203 online copy

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