tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21160373.post175982319361721785..comments2024-03-27T08:50:08.389+00:00Comments on The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria: Moat, RavenstonedaleThe Cumbrian Castle listing.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15796185153449809672noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21160373.post-36347134620457252132009-04-18T10:27:00.000+01:002009-04-18T10:27:00.000+01:00An interesting site. My online comment was "Salter...An interesting site. My online comment was "Salter reports 'Motte probably site of pre 1150 manor-house.’ PastScape record reads 'Moated site or motte with gate. Since the manor was in the hands of absentee monastic landlords from the reign of Henry II, it seems that this site represents the pre-1150 manor house.’" (Refs Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p99 and http://www.pastscape.org/hob.aspx?hob_id=1390209 - who ref Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p304). I was stating it is questionable (ie very doubtful) that this was the site of a motte castle. It is clearly a manorial centre of some sort but the earthworks pictured and visible of the aerial photo look like fishponds to me, rather than a moat. The site needs proper investigation by a field archaeologist. If these are fishpond then they well date to after 1150 although the manorial site will have an earlier origin. I also wonder if Perriam and Robinson were writing about some other earthworks nearby which may now be lost to the major road embanking.Philip Davishttp://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com