The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria

Pendragon Castle Mallerstang nr Kirkby Stephen Cumbria The remains of Pendragon castle lay about 5 miles to the South of Kirkby Stephen, on ...

Heversham Hall Heversham Cumbria Heversham Hall lays just off the A6 in Heversham, and can be viewed from the road, from the A6, and from th...

Burton Hall Warcop Cumbria. The only known remains of Burton Hall in Warcop, possibly a fortified manor house, now lay in the church yard of...

Temple Sowerby nr Penrith Cumbria The small village of Temple Sowerby lays on the A66, about 2 miles East of Penrith. Just like Askham and M...

Milburn nr Penrith Cumbria The small village of Milburn lays about 3 miles to the East of Penrith, and just off the road these days called M...

Ormside Hall Ormside Ringwork Church of St James Nr Appleby Cumbria There are not many sites that can boast so many fortified remains...

Newbiggin Hall Newbiggin Nr Temple Sowerby Cumbria Newbiggin Hall is a collection of buildings, the earliest of which dates from just after ...

The Vicarage Warcop Cumbria The small church of St Columba, which dates from the 12th century, backs onto the remains of a moat in the field...

Warcop Tower Warcop Nr Penrith Cumbria Warcop Tower belongs to the same group of buildings mentioned earlier in this blog...houses that may....

Millrigg Culgaith Nr Penrith Cumbria Millrigg is one of those great houses in Cumbria that hides the fact that it may once have been m...

Possible pele towers in the South Lakes area. There are a number of buildings in the South Lakes area that are either built on the site of p...

Castlehaugh\Castle Haugh Tower\Castle Haw Sedbergh Cumbria This well preserved but small motte and bailey castle sits high above Sedbergh at...