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Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish Borders, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit by the garrison to warn of approaching danger. By an Act of Parliament in 1455 each of these towers was required to have an iron basket on its summit and a smoke or fire signal, for day or night use, ready to hand. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 552 pixelsFull resolution (2161 × 1490 pixel, file size: 263 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 552 pixelsFull resolution (2161 × 1490 pixel, file size: 263 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Smailholm Tower from the north-west. ... Clononey castle in Co. ... The Border country is the hilly area of Lowland Scotland on the border between Scotland and England. ... This page discusses Beacons, fires designed to attract attention. ... List of Parliaments of England is a list of the sittings of the Parliament of England, from the reign of Edward IV to 1707 with some earlier named parliaments. ... ... no changes . ... A smoke signal is a form of visual communication used over a long distance, developed both in the Americas and in China. ...

Preston pele tower, Northumberland

A line of these towers was built in the 1430s across the Tweed valley from Berwick to its source, as a response to the dangers of invasion from the English Marches. Others were built in Cumberland, Westmorland and Northumberland, and as far south as Lancashire, in response to the threat of attack from the Scots and the Border Reivers of both nationalities. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 1280 pixel, file size: 338 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Preston pele tower, Northumberland. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (960 × 1280 pixel, file size: 338 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Preston pele tower, Northumberland. ... Events and Trends A map of Europe in the 1430s. ... There are other rivers with this name: see Tweed River The River Tweed at Abbotsford, near Melrose The River Tweed at Coldstream The River Tweed (156 kilometres or 97 miles long) flows primarily through the Borders region of Scotland. ... Berwick-upon-Tweed is a border town, now in England, formerly in Scotland. ... Cumberland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... Westmorland (formerly also spelt Westmoreland, an even older spelling is Westmerland) is an area of north west England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. ... Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... See also Border Reivers (Rugby) and Border Reivers (game); or Reavers for other varieties of brigand. ...

Apart from their primary purpose as a warning system, these towers were the homes of the Lairds and landlords of the area, who dwelt in them with their families and retainers, while their followers lived in simple huts outside the walls. The towers also provided a refuge so that, when cross-border raiding parties arrived, the whole population of a village could take to the tower and wait for the marauders to depart. A lord is a male who has power and authority. ... A landlord, is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called the tenant. ...

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Peel towers are not usually found in larger places which have a castle, but in smaller settlements. They are often associated with a church: for example the pele tower in Embleton, Northumberland is a fine example of a so-called vicar's pele and the one at Hulne Priory is in the grounds of the priory. Hawkshaw, ancestral home of the Porteous family at Tweedsmuir in Peeblesshire, a peel tower dating from at least 1439, no longer stands but its site is marked by a cairn. Pierrefonds Castle, France. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... It has been suggested that Ecclesia (Church) be merged into this article or section. ... Embleton village in the English county of Northumberland is about half-a-mile from the beautiful bay which carries its name. ... In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare vicarious). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. ... Hulne Priory is a monastery that was founded in the 13th century by the Carmelites, or White Friars who were one of the Orders of Mendicants, bound by their rule to live in extreme poverty. ... A priory is an ecclesiastical circumscription run by a prior. ... Ancestral family home of the Porteous family on the River Tweed just two miles southwest of Tweedsmuir in Peeblesshire, Scotland, dating from at least 1439. ... The Porteous family are an ancient Scottish Borders family. ... The traditional counties of Scotland are historic and cutural divisions of Scotland. ... Events Battle of Grotnik, which ended the hussite movement in Poland Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway is declared deposed in Sweden. ... For the magazine see Cairn Magazine. ...

Nowadays some towers are derelict while others have been converted for use in peacetime; the Embleton tower is now part of the (former) vicarage and that on the Inner Farne is a home to bird wardens. The most obvious conversion needs will include access, which was originally difficult, and the provision of more and larger windows. The Inner Farne seen from Seahouses harbour The Farne Islands (also referred to less formally as the Farnes) are a group of islands off the coast of Northumberland, England. ...

External links

• Pele Towers in Cumbria

See also

• Bastle house
• Corby Castle
• Dovenby Hall
• Gawthorpe Hall
• Kentmere
• Tower house
• Turton Tower
• Ponteland pele tower

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