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Etal Castle is a fourteenth-century tower house situated in the Till Valley near the Scottish border in Northumberland. The castle was constructed by the Manners family and served as a defensive stronghold during the Anglo-Scottish conflicts that characterised the medieval period. The tower retains substantial portions of its original stonework and represents a characteristic example of the smaller fortified residences built by northern English nobility to protect their lands and assert their authority. The site remains an important monument to the military architecture and territorial dynamics of the Anglo-Scottish borderlands.
Etal Castle tower house is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011644. View the official record →
Etal Castle is a fourteenth-century tower house situated in the Till Valley near the Scottish border in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011644.
Etal Castle tower house 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 1011644.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement on north slope of Yeavering Bell (9.5 km), St Gregory's Hill camp (9.6 km), Settlement on north east slope of Yeavering Bell (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Etal Castle tower house's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Etal Castle tower house stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.