Holiday. 3, Preston Tower, Northumberland
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After Alnwick castle we went to Preston Tower.
Preston Tower is the remains (with some Victorian restoration of the top stones, and the addition of a clock!) of a mediaeval and later pele tower. Pele towers were fortified dwellings built on both sides of the Scottish-English border to protect people from rievers (raiders) of both nationalities. They had thick walls with tiny slit windows.
Rampart and tower stairs.
A room in the tower as it would have looked when lived in.
View from the tower.