The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria

Victoria Tavern Longpool Kendal Cumbria Never on the normal round on a Friday or Saturday night, I think I only frequented this a few ...

White Hart Kendal Cumbria Another notch on a Friday and Saturday night out round town, the White Hart was a regular haunt back in the d...

The Black Swan inn, All Hallows Lane\Beast Banks Kendal, Cumbria The Black Swan sits on the corner where All Hallows Lane meets Beast ...

The Cock and Dolphin Kendal Cumbria The Cock and Dolphin once stood watch over what is almost a crossroads....where Milnthorpe Road mee...

London Wall London The Roman walls of London formed a defensive circuit around the city from as early as 200AD. The circuit stretched...

Borgue Motte Borgue Nr Kirkcudbright A trip out to Kirroughtree Forest this week took me past Borgue motte again....a dramatic motte an...

Palace Isle and Stable Isle Loch Fergus Nr Kirkcudbright Dumfries and Galloway Five years since my first visit to this enigmatic compl...

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...