2020

NU1433 : The Outchester Ducket

taken 4 years ago, near to Spindlestone, Northumberland, England

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The Outchester Ducket
The Outchester Ducket
The Outchester Ducket (or simply The Ducket) viewed from the north in early morning light.
Outchester or Spindlestone Ducket

Known locally as 'The Ducket', the building is a 65 foot high, tapering tower standing four storeys high and was Grade II Listed in 1969. It is shown on the OS map as a windmill and may have been used as a navigation marker, although situated at some distance from the sea. Some sources consider that it was most likely built in the C18th as a pigeon dovecote, providing a source of meat, eggs and manure. 'Ducket' is clearly a corruption of dovecote.

Structural Images of the North East (SINE) alternatively considers that the evidence for the structure's use as a dovecote is weak to non-existent and describes it as the windmill tower of a wind-powered threshing mill, built c1815. If so it is one of only two such towers associated with threshing which survive in Northumberland, the other at Chollerton NY9372 : Chollerton.

With the approval of English Heritage, planning permission was obtained in 2007 to convert the tower into self-catering holiday accommodation with bathroom, bedroom, kitchen and upper viewing gallery.

The tower stands within a medieval moated site. Outchester Farm, shown on maps that pre-date the Ordnance Survey to the east of the tower, was relocated 600m to the west.

Medieval moated site and 18th century dovecote, 600m east of Outchester: LinkExternal link


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NU1433, 94 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ian Capper   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 24 September, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 22 November, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NU 146 334 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:35.6790N 1:46.1173W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NU 147 335
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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