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Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm

England
List entry 1018644
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018644
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 27639 73033
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Burradon Tower is a defensive structure located at Burradon Farm in Northumberland. The tower dates to the late medieval period and represents the type of fortified residence characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region, where such structures served both domestic and protective functions for local landholders. The monument survives as a substantial stone-built tower, though it has been modified and altered over subsequent centuries of occupation and use.

Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018644. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm?

Burradon Tower is a defensive structure located at Burradon Farm in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018644.

Who is responsible for protecting Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm?

Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm 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 1018644.

What other scheduled monuments are near Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Plummer Tower and a 17th century bastion (8.9 km), Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower (9.1 km), Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Corner Tower (9.2 km).

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Overview
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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
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Plummer Tower and a 17th century bastion
8.9 km
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower
9.1 km
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Corner Tower
9.2 km
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Ever, Morden and Heber towers, two turrets and two sections of town ditch
9.3 km
The Friars, remains of Dominican friary
9.4 km
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Durham Tower and section of town ditch
9.5 km
Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon cemetery, motte and bailey castle and tower keep castle
9.5 km
Old Tyne Bridge (land arches)
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm

Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

The wider landscape

Around Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm

Battle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~8.9 milesBattle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~19 miles
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