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Kyloe tower house is a fortified domestic structure located in East Kyloe in Northumberland. Dating from the late medieval period, the tower house represents the type of defensive residential architecture characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The building stands as evidence of the architectural responses to the unstable conditions that prevailed along the frontier during this era. Tower houses of this period functioned both as symbols of territorial control and as practical strongholds for border families seeking protection against raids and incursions.
Kyloe tower house, East Kyloe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018444. View the official record →
Kyloe tower house is a fortified domestic structure located in East Kyloe in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018444.
Kyloe tower house, East Kyloe 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 1018444.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age defended settlement in Fox Covert (7.4 km), Rock art 350m east of The Ringses hillfort (8.2 km), The Ringses multivallate hillfort, Doddington Moor (8.3 km).
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