Overgrass tower house 150m south east of Newmoor Hall — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Overgrass tower house stands fifteen hundred metres south east of Newmoor Hall, a scheduled monument in Northumberland. The stone structure has watched the moor through centuries of storm and silence. Whether it guarded a family, stored grain or hid lovers from tax collectors, the walls still hold that forgotten purpose.

The National Heritage List for England records Overgrass tower house 150m south east of Newmoor Hall as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Overgrass tower house, located 150m south east of Newmoor Hall, was built in the late medieval period, likely by a local gentry family for defensive and residential purposes. It is remembered as an example of a surviving tower house in the landscape, reflecting the social and military architecture of the region during the 15th or 16th century.

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