Dilston Castle

Dilston Castle
Northumberland, England
Dilston Castle, 2005
Location
Dilston Castle
Dilston is on the south bank of the Tyne in Northumberland, facing Corbridge. It has a multi-tributary fast stream, the Devil's Water.
Coordinates54°57′54″N 2°02′20″W / 54.965°N 2.039°W / 54.965; -2.039
Grid referenceNY975633

Dilston Castle is a ruined tower house at Dilston in the parish of Corbridge, Northumberland, England. Both the tower and its attendant private chapel are scheduled monuments and Grade I listed buildings.

The three-storey tower was built by Sir William Claxton on the site of an earlier pele tower in the 15th century.

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