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Hethpool Tower House is a sixteenth-century fortified residence located in the College Valley near Wooler in Northumberland. The tower house represents the defensive domestic architecture characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region during the period of cross-border raids and territorial instability. The structure comprises a stone-built tower of typical northern English border tower house form, constructed to provide both secure accommodation and defensive capability for its inhabitants. Such tower houses were fundamental to settlement patterns in the Northumberland uplands and demonstrate the practical response of landowners to the security challenges posed by proximity to the Scottish border during the early modern period.
Hethpool tower house is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018439. View the official record →
Hethpool Tower House is a sixteenth-century fortified residence located in the College Valley near Wooler in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018439.
Hethpool 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 1018439.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sourhope,scooped settlement 1050m ENE of (8.9 km), Fasset Hill,cultivation terraces (9.1 km), Kaim Knowe,farmstead 850m E of Sourhope (9.3 km).
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