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Mote, Maryport
Mote
locality:-   Castle Hill (?) 
locality:-   Mote Hill (?) 
locality:-   Maryport
civil parish:-   Maryport (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   castle (?) 
locality type:-   motte
coordinates:-   NY03403627
1Km square:-   NY0336
10Km square:-   NY03
SummaryText:-   Ringwork and, perhaps, bailey
references:-   Jackson 1990

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 44 8) 
placename:-  Castle Hill
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

notes:-  
Ringwork on a natural ridge.

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; illustration

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