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Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings

England

List entry 1011645

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1011645

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.53 hectares

Grid reference

NZ 00135 66316

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Aydon Castle is a fortified manor house situated near Corbridge in Northumberland, dating from the late thirteenth century. The castle comprises a substantial stone hall block with defensive features characteristic of the borderland fortified houses of medieval England, constructed during a period of Anglo-Scottish conflict. The main residential structure retains evidence of its medieval plan, including domestic chambers and service rooms arranged within a strongly built stone envelope. The site has been modified and enlarged over subsequent centuries, with eighteenth-century farm buildings added to the complex, reflecting its gradual transition from purely defensive stronghold to working agricultural estate.

Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011645. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings?

Aydon Castle is a fortified manor house situated near Corbridge in Northumberland, dating from the late thirteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011645.

Who is responsible for protecting Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings?

Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1011645.

What other scheduled monuments are near Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Walker's Pottery (1.4 km), Corbridge (Corstopitum) Roman station (2.1 km), Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns (2.1 km).

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Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

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Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Walker's Pottery

1.4 km

Corbridge (Corstopitum) Roman station

2.1 km

Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns

Three temporary camps at Farnley Grange

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings

Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~10.7 miles Battle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~10.1 miles Battle of Otterburn 1388Battle (1388) · ~18.6 miles Battle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~21.7 miles

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