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| Castleshaw Tower, Sedbergh | ||
| Castleshaw Tower | ||
| Castlehaugh | ||
| locality:- | Sedbergh | |
| civil parish:- | Sedbergh (formerly Yorkshire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | motte and bailey | |
| locality type:- | castle | |
| coordinates:- | SD66239230 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD6692 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD69 | |
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| hearsay:- |
Motte and bailey castle, overlooking the valley of the River Rawthey. Probably built
by a norman landowner, late 11th century. A typical castle of this period would have
a wooden tower on the motte, defended by a wooden palisade round the edge and by the
ditch at the foot of the motte. The lower area, the bailey, on a raised platform,
would have had a fence around it protecting domestic buildings and perhaps a hall. |
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| In World War II it was a lookout post for the Royal Observer Corps. |
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| notes:- |
motte |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6 |
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