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Confidence is a statement of the site as a medieval fortification or palace | ||||
Name |
Alternative Name(s) |
Type |
Remains |
Amerston Hall, Embleton | Fortified Manor House | no visible | Amrita Cottage, Ireshopeburn | Bastle | masonry ruins/remnants | Archdeacon Newton Manor | Fortified Manor House | masonry footings |
Bale Hill House, Wolsingham | Baal Hill; Baylehilhouse | Palace , Pele Tower , Bastle | masonry ruins/remnants |
Barnard Castle | Barney Castle; Bernard's Castle; Castelli Bernardi | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace | major building |
Bearpark Priors House | Beaurepaire, Bear Park | Palace | masonry ruins/remnants | Belasis Hall | Bellasis | Fortified Manor House | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Bishop Auckland Castle | Akeland; Aukland | Masonry Castle , Palace | major building |
Bishop Middleham Castle | Palace , Fortified Manor House | cropmark/slight earthwork | |
Bishopton Castle Hill | Castle Holl; Biscoptun | Timber Castle | earthwork | Blackwell Castle Hill, Darlington | Timber Castle | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Bonnymoor Cottage and Harthopeburn Cottage, St John's Chapel | Bastle | masonry ruins/remnants | |
Bradley Hall, Wolsingham | Braydley | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants |
Brancepeth Castle | Branspeth; castrum suum de Brancepad' | Masonry Castle | major building |
Buckshott farmhouse | Bastle | masonry ruins/remnants | |
Castle Eden | Edena | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | no visible |
Castle Steads, Rowley Farm, Esh Winning | Castlesteads; Lanchester; Hamsteels; Rowley Gillet | Fortified Manor House | earthwork | Cleadon Tower | Whitburn | Pele Tower | no visible | Cowpen Bewley Low Grange Farm | Pele Tower | no visible |
Cowshill Bridge End Bastle | Bastle | masonry ruins/remnants | |
Dalden Tower, Seaham | Dalton; Dawdon; Daldun; Dawden | Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower | masonry ruins/remnants | Darlington Bishops Palace | Old Hall; Hall Garth; Hallgarth | Palace | no visible |
Durham Castle | Dunelm; Dunhelm; Dunholm | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle , Palace | masonry ruins/remnants | Durham City Church of St Giles | Siege Work | masonry footings |
Durham City Wall | Promontory Wall | Urban Defence | masonry ruins/remnants |
Durham Elvet Bridge | Fortified Bridge | masonry ruins/remnants | |
Durham Framwellgate Bridge | Old Bridge; Framagate | Fortified Bridge | masonry footings | Eden Hall Tower, Peterlee | Little Eden; Chapel Hill; Chappel Hill; Turris de Parva Eden | Timber Castle , Pele Tower | no visible | Evenwood; The Barony | Palace , Tower House | cropmark/slight earthwork | Gainford Tower | Tower House | no visible | Gaittecastellum | Gaitlecastellum | Timber Castle | uncertain | Gate Castle, Stanhope | Gaitte; Gates | Pele Tower | masonry footings |
Gateshead Bridge Gate | Newcastle-upon-Tyne Bridge | Fortified Bridge | masonry footings | Hartlepool Chain Towers | Chain Tower | no visible |
Hartlepool Town Wall | Hertepol; Hartilpol; Hertelpole; Hertilpole; Hertilpol; Sandwell Gate | Urban Defence | major building | Hebburn Hall | Ellison Hall; Jarrow | Pele Tower | no visible |
High Coniscliffe; The Old Hall | Old Hall Farm | Bastle | major building |
Holmside Hall | Holmside Old Hall; Lanchester | Fortified Manor House | major building | Horden Hall | Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower | masonry footings | Houghall | Fortified Manor House | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Houghton le Spring Rectory | Pele Tower | masonry ruins/remnants | |
Hunstanworth Tower | Pele Tower | masonry ruins/remnants | |
Hylton Castle | Hilton | Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants |
Island House East Blackdene Bastle | Bastle | masonry ruins/remnants | |
Killhopeburn Shieling | Bastle | masonry ruins/remnants | Kirk Merrington Church of St John | Merrington Church Tower | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | no visible |
Langley Old Hall | Lanchester | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Le Peile, Cornforth | Pele Tower | no visible |
Low Butterby Manor House, Croxdale | Beautrove | Fortified Manor House | masonry footings | Low Coniscliffe Tower | Tower House , Pele Tower | earthwork |
Low Dinsdale Manor House | Fortified Manor House | cropmark/slight earthwork | |
Ludworth Tower | Shadforth | Pele Tower | masonry ruins/remnants |
Lumley Castle | Lomley | Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants | Maiden Castle Fort, Durham | Uncertain | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Middleton St George Tower Hill | Timber Castle | earthwork | Newbiggin Pele, Heighington | Newbigging; Heighton | Pele Tower | no visible |
Newton Cap Bridge | Newtonbridge; Bishop Skirlaw's Bridge | Fortified Bridge | major building |
Old Hollinside | Hollinside Hall, Old Hollingside | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants |
Pockerley Pele, Beamish | Pokeley | Pele Tower | major building |
Raby Castle | Masonry Castle | major building | Raby Old Lodge | Langley Dale | Pele Tower | major building |
Ravensworth Castle, County Durham | Rawyneshelme; Ravenshelme; Ravensholme; Raveneswath | Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants | Reading Room Bastle, Newhouse | Bastle | masonry ruins/remnants |
Redmarshall Rectors Tower | Redmarshall Castle | Pele Tower | no visible | Ryton, County Durham | Timber Castle | earthwork | Sadberge Castle | St Andrew's Church; Satbergia; Sacberge; Sedbergh | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | no visible | Seaton Holme, Easington | Palace | major building | Snotterton Hall, Staindrop | Raby Grange | Fortified Manor House | masonry footings | Sockburn Castle | Fortified Manor House | cropmark/slight earthwork |
Stanhope Castle | Castle Heugh; Castle Hill; Castri de Stanhopp | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | no visible |
Stockton Castle | Masonry Castle , Palace , Fortified Manor House | no visible | Stone House, Stanhope | Pele Tower , Bastle | major building |
Streatlam Castle | Stainton; Stretlam; Newcastle | Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants | Summerhouse Moat | The Castle Garth | Fortified Manor House | earthwork |
Swinhopeburn Bastle, Westgate | Bastle | major building | Thornlaw, Thornley | Thornton, castellum de Thornauum | Timber Castle | no visible | Tursdale Castle Hill | Trillesden; Standalone; Sedgebitlee; Quarrington | Fortified Manor House , Pele Tower | no visible |
Walworth Castle | Walworth Hall; High Walworth | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants | Wardley Hall | Wardley Manor House; Wredelaw; Weredelaw | Fortified Manor House | earthwork |
Westgate Castle, Stanhope | Gate Castle; Gaitte | Pele Tower | no visible |
Witton Castle, Witton-le-Wear | Witton le Wear; Whitton | Masonry Castle | masonry ruins/remnants |
Witton Tower, Witton-le-Wear | Witton Le Wear 2; Witton Hall | Pele Tower | masonry ruins/remnants |
Wolsingham Manor of the Bishop of Durham | Chapel Walls | Palace | masonry ruins/remnants |
Barforth Chapel Garth | Old Richmond; Barford | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | earthwork |
Barnard Castle Bridge | Fortified Bridge | major building | |
Bishopton village enclosure | Urban Defence | earthwork | |
Brimmy Castle | Broomy Castle | Timber Castle | no visible |
Castelhous, Mainsforth | Uncertain | no visible | |
Cobby Castle, Tow Law, | Pele Tower | no visible | |
Durham Cathedral | Dunelm | Fortified Ecclesiastical site | major building |
Egglescliffe Castleholmes | Castle Holm; Castelholme | Timber Castle | no visible |
Egglescliffe; The Devils Hill | Timber Castle | cropmark/slight earthwork | |
Hamsterley Castles | The Castles; Harthope Castle | Uncertain | earthwork |
Lambton Hall, Bournmoor | Brewery Cottages | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants |
Maiden Castle Motte, Old Durham | Timber Castle | no visible | |
Muggleswick Grange | Mugleswick; Priory Farm; Hunting Lodge | Fortified Manor House | masonry ruins/remnants |
Piercebridge | Carlbury | Timber Castle | earthwork |
Quarrington Castle Hill | Pele Tower | no visible | |
The Yoder | Yoden; Quarry Hills | Timber Castle , Urban Defence | earthwork |
Throston mound | Timber Castle | no visible | |
Town Kelloe Castle Hill | Kellaw | Timber Castle , Fortified Manor House | uncertain |
Tunstal | Timber Castle , Masonry Castle | uncertain | |
Weardale House Mound, St John's Chapel | Snap; Ireshopeburn | Timber Castle | earthwork |