Kirkoswald Castle
KIRKOSWALD CASTLE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1327059
- Date first listed:
- 27-Dec-1967
- Statutory Address:
- KIRKOSWALD CASTLE
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- Date:
- 2003-10-02
- Reference:
- IOE01/11362/09
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1327059
- Date first listed:
- 27-Dec-1967
- Statutory Address 1:
- KIRKOSWALD CASTLE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- KIRKOSWALD CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Kirkoswald
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 55946 41021
Details
NY 55950 41020 KIRKOSWALD KIRKOSWALD NY 55 41
12/65 Kirkoswald Castle 27.12.67 II
Castle in ruins. Late C15 incorporating earlier buildings for the Dacre family. Large blocks of Penrith red sandstone ashlar on chamfered plinth. Remains of 3 towers and part of the hall, with other foundations below ground level, proved by excavation. 3 storey angle garderobe tower has pointed ground floor entrance and small lancet openings on 2 faces; facing stones have individual mason's marks. Inner wall has various garderobe entrances, one with chamfered lintel. Fragments remain of the adjoining hall walls. One other angle tower stands 2 storeys high with vaulted basement and first floor window, but all facing stone removed above ground level. Vaulted basement of a similar corresponding angle tower remains, but no walls are visible above ground. Encircling moat is early C16 and is complete. Building abandoned in late C16 and demolition began in 1604, with materials taken to Naworth Castle and other stone finding its way into many buildings in Kirkoswald. See, Curwen, Castles and Towers of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1913, p150-153.
Listing NGR: NY5594641021
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 73491
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Curwen, J F, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland and Westmorland, (1913), 150-153
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