Ponteland Castle

Ponteland Castle is a 13th-century stone tower house on the A696 road, 8 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne, in Northumberland. Founded by William de Valence, part of it was destroyed in a Scottish raid in 1388. In the 17th century is became part of a Jacobean manor house.^[1]

References

↑ www.castleuk.net

Coordinates: 55°03′01″N 1°44′30″W / 55.0503°N 1.7417°W / 55.0503; -1.7417

Castles in North East England

County Durham	Auckland Barnard Bowes Brancepeth Cotherstone Durham Lambton Lumley Raby Walworth

Northumberland	Alnwick Aydon Bamburgh Belford Bellingham Bellister Belsay Berwick Blenkinsop Bothal Bywell Callaly Cartington Chillingham Chipchase Coupland Creswell Dally Dilston Dunstanburgh Elsdon Etal Featherstone Ford Haggerston Halton Haltwhistle Harbottle Haughton Langley Lindisfarne Mitford Morpeth Norham Ponteland Prudhoe Rothley Tarset Thirlwall Twizell Wark (on Tweed) Wark (on Tyne) Warkworth Widdrington

Tyne and Wear	Hylton Newcastle Ravensworth Tynemouth

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