For the monument to Robert Peel in Bury, Greater Manchester, see Peel Monument, Ramsbottom.
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Arnside Tower, a late-medieval pele tower in CumbriaSmailholm Tower near Kelso in ScotlandPreston Tower, Northumberland
Peel towers (also spelt pele)[1] are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and about 1600.[2] They were free-standing with defence being a prime consideration in their design,[3] although "confirmation of status and prestige" also played a role.[4] Additionally, they functioned as watch-towers, where garrisoned personnel could light signal fires to warn of approaching danger.
The FISH Vocabulary Monument Types Thesaurus[5] lists "pele" alongside "bastle", "fortified manor house" and "tower house" under the broader term "fortified house". Pevsner defines a peel as simply a stone tower.[6] Outside of this, "peel" or "pele" can also be used in related contexts, for example a "pele" or "barmkin" (in Ireland a bawn) was an enclosure where livestock were herded in times of danger.[7] The rustling of livestock was an inevitable part of Border raids, and often their main purpose.[8] In this usage, the tower usually stood at a corner of the pele. Most pele enclosure walls have not survived, and some towers perhaps never had them. Some, known as a "vicar's pele", housed the local vicar but could also serve as a refuge for the whole community.[9]
^Perriam, Denis; Robinson, John (1998). The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria. CWAAS.
^Historic England
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^King, Andy (2012). "Fortresses and fashion statements: gentry castles in fourteenth-century Northumberland". Journal of Medieval History. 33 (4): 372–397. doi:10.1016/j.jmedhist.2007.09.003. ISSN 0304-4181. S2CID 159767614.
^"FISH Terminologies: Monument Types Thesaurus" (PDF). Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^Pevsner, Nikolaus (1967). Cumberland and Westmorland. Yale University Press.
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