Cresswell Castle, Northumberland

For the castle in Pembrokeshire, Wales, see Cresswell Castle.

Cresswell Castle
Northumberland, England
Cresswell Castle
Cresswell Castle
Coordinates	grid reference NZ293933
Type	Tower house
Site history
Materials	Stone

Cresswell Castle is in the village of Cresswell, situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) to the north of Ashington, Northumberland, England.

This tower house was built in the 13th century and consists of a rectangular building with a turret at one corner.

References

Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
Images of Cresswell Tower

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

Coordinates: 55°13′59″N 1°32′27″W / 55.2330°N 1.5408°W / 55.2330; -1.5408

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Cresswell Castle, Northumberland

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