The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria

Collinfield Kendal Cumbria Collinfield sits between Pembroke Court and Clifford Drive in Kendal. These two roads give a clue to the importan...

Blind Beck Kendal Cumbria Blind Beck, Kendal, is the original boundary between Kendal and Kirkland. Between 1090 and 1097, Ivo de Taill...

Low Borrowbridge Nr Tebay Cumbria The Roman fort at Low Borrowbridge lays in a field next to the main West coast railway and just off t...

Aldingham Motte and Aldingham Grange Aldingham Cumbria Aldingham castle is an unusual 13th century motte and bailey castle. The site is beli...

Cumbrian Roman Forts There are a number of well preserved roman forts in Cumbria, ranging from Mediobogdum at the summit of Hardknott pas...

Hellifield Pele tower Hellifield North Yorkshire Hellifield pele tower is a tower house built in the early 14century. It was much altered du...

Yewbarrow\Ubarrow Hall Longsleddale Nr Kendal South Lakeland Cumbria Yewbarrow\Ubarrow Hall sits in the Longsleddale valley above the river ...

Hollin Hall\HowCrook Nr Kendal Cumbria Hollin Hall\How lays just off the B5284 from Kendal to Windermere. The building is a double to...

Gamelands stone Circle Nr Orton Eden Cumbria Sandwiched between the villages of Orton and Raisbeck in Cumbria, Gamelands Stone Circle lays i...

Twistleton burial cairn and hut circles Twistleton, Ingleton North Yorkshire I think this is probably the remains of a burial cairn. Compare...

Cappelside Hall Beethom South Lakeland Cumbria The remains of Cappelside Hall are situated about 400 yards West of Beethom garden centre, ju...