What is recorded here

Simonburn Castle is a tower house in Northumberland, built in the fourteenth or fifteenth century when Border families needed defences against cross-border raids. Its compact vertical shape turned a small footprint into a stronghold, forcing invaders to climb narrow walls while the occupants watched from above. The castle still stands as evidence that medieval Border life was neither romantic nor passive; it was a constant negotiation between neighbour, stranger and steel.

The National Heritage List for England records Simonburn Castle tower house 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.

Simonburn Castle tower house was built by the powerful Percy family in the late 13th or early 14th century. It is important as a well-preserved example of a medieval tower house and as a historical site associated with the regional influence of the Percys in Northumberland.

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