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]

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


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