Structure Name: Name unknown by SINE

Description:
 

Ruins of a two storey bastle in Donkleywood village. The building stood up to 4.5 metres high in the 1950s, but has since fallen to three metres at the east end. The west end is now incorporated into a new building. The surviving walls stand at around 1.6m thick.
 

Extant: Yes

Location: Donkleywood, NORTHUMBERLAND

Eastings: 374590m (view map)

Northings: 586380m (view map)

Position Accuracy: 10m

Positional Confidence: Absolute Certainty

Structure Types Identified: BASTLE, PELE TOWER

Chronology:

• MEDIEVAL   Construction of bastle.
• 1684   Tower recorded in an indenture as belonging to William Dodd.
      Entities Involved:
            Dodd, William:
• 1985 - 1989   Consolidation of remaining walls during the late 1980s.

References:

• Keys To The Past
• Northumberland SMR

The information displayed in this page has been derived from authoritative sources, including any referenced above. Although substantial efforts were made to verify this information, the SINE project cannot guarantee its correctness or completeness.

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