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Dilston - Dilston Castle Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Dyvelston; Divelston; Devilstone; Devilswater

In the civil parish of Corbridge. In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

This site has been described as a; Tower House. This site was certainly a medieval fortification or palace. Major remains.

Tower house, probably built by Sir William Claxton in the early C15 and enlarged later in C15, and in the mid to late C16 by the Radcliffes (later Earls of Derwentwater). It was further remodeled circa 1620 as part of Dilston Hall and was altered when the Hall was rebuilt in 1710-15. The tower house is constructed from squared stone with stone dressings; it is now roofless. The foundations removed in 1881 may have been of the earlier medieval castle of the Divelstons. It is best known for its connections with the popular 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, executed 1716 for his part in the Jacobite rebellion. After the death of his son in 1731 the Derwentwater estates were seized by the Government and passed to the Greenwich Hospital Trustees, who in 1765 demolished the Hall except for the original tower house.

The Gatehouse website record for Dilston Castle Pevsner, N., 1992 (revised by Grundy, John et al),