The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria

Twelve Apostles stone circle nr Holywood and Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway Scotland This stone circle was visited in June 2008, along...

Cappelside Hall Nr Beetham Cumbria The remains of Cappelside Hall, as mentioned in the original post some time ago, are hidden, off the beat...

Castle Haugh\Castle Haugh Tower Sedbergh Cumbria Another site re-visited recently, was the motte and bailey castle at Sedbergh. A small, ver...

Greenholme Motte and Bailey Tebay Cumbria There is some doubt about this site being a motte and bailey castle....even an unfinished motte an...

Arnside Tower Arnside Cumbria I've been back to Arnside Tower near Arnside and Silverdale....probably one of the grandest towers in the ...

Carlisle Cathedral and the Fratery Carlisle Cumbria Carlisle Cathedral was built on the site of an earlier church, with records telling us o...

Sweetheart Abbey\New Abbey New Abbey Dumfries and Galloway The beautiful red stone remains of Sweetheart Abbey lay in the village of New Abb...