Ogle Castle
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Ogle Castle is a former fortified manor house at Ogle, near Whalton, Northumberland. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.
The moated site on the bank of the Ogle Burn presents the remains of a mediaeval tower incorporated into a 16th century manor. Licence to crenellate the manor was granted to Robert Ogle in 1341.
The Ogle family held the estate fronm before the Norman Conquest until 1597 when it passed to the Cavendish family and later to Hollis.
