The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria

The Dun Horse\The Gate of Kendal Stramongate Kendal Cumbria Another of Kendal's old inns has been redeveloped, and comparing today...

Coney Beds\High Graves Nr Kendal Cumbria W.G.Collingwood mentions Coney Beds in his 1907 article "Three more ancient castles of Ke...

Motte and bailey castles of the Northwest of England Mary Higham's short piece, "The Mottes of North Lancashire, Lonsdale and Sou...

Castle Howe Kendal Cumbria Castle Howe seems to be Kendal's sad and mostly forgotten castle. Probably built in the early 1090s, the ...

Masons Arms Stramongate Kendal Cumbria All across Kendal, pubs that for years served the beer-faithful of Kendal, are slowly closing d...