The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria

Bishop's Tower Carlisle Cumbria The Bishop's Tower was thought to have stood at the West side of the Cathedral precincts, and w...

Town Dyke Carlisle Cumbria Town Dyke runs parallel to the remains of Carlisle's West Walls....as the name suggests, to the West of ...

Levens Hall Levens Cumbria Levens Hall, along with Sizergh Castle, is one of the South Lakes area's most popular tourist attraction...

Roman tile kiln Scroggs Wood Kendal Cumbria From the title of this new posting, you'll probably by now have worked out what t...

The Kelter Well Clifton Cumbria The Kelter Well can be found just to the side of the A6 on the Southern outskirts of Clifton. I guess t...

Bee boles around Kendal I've recently set myself a little project of 'collecting' as many of the surviving bee boles in Ken...

Kendal Castle Castle Hill Kendal Cumbria One of my favourite castles, Kendal Castle is a shadow of its former self. Neglected by gener...

Castle Howe, Kendal, Cumbria Castle Howe, Kendal’s first castle, lies on the hill side over looking the West of the town. The earthwor...

St James Burton in Kendal Cumbria There has been some suggestion by a few authors that the tower of Grade I listed St James at Burton i...

Castle Dairy Wildman Street Kendal Cumbria A visit today to the Castle Dairy for a fantastic Father's day lunch, revealed a set of...