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Stonehouse Tower

Hob Uid: 11697
Location :
Cumbria
Carlisle
Nicholforest
Grid Ref : NY4630080420
Summary : The remains of a bastle known as Stonehouse Tower. It is constructed of roughly squared and roughly coursed rubble, for the most part with uniform quoins. The bastle measures 10.7 metres by 8.7 metres with walls 1.3 metres thick. The south east and south west walls survive up to a height of about 3.6 metres high and contain two narrow vent slits and a square recess thought to have been used as a cupboard. The south west end wall has the remains of a corbel which may have supported a hearth on the upper floor. Only the foundations and lower course of the north east and north west walls survive.
More information : (NY 46308042) Stonehouse Tower (NR) (Remains of) (1)

Stonehaugh Tower: the remains of a 16th c pele, 35' x 24' externally, with a loop-hold in each wall. Only the southern and eastern walls remain (1927). (2)

Stonehaugh Castle. (3)

Stonehouse. (4)

Stonehouse Tower (NY 46384) Remains as described by Curwen. Although it is now called 'tower' the remains suggest that it was a bastle. (5)

This probable bastle, of no known local name except 'The Tower', has dimensions as stated and stands on the edge of a level arable field. The 1.4m wide south and east walls of block and pinning construction stand to a maximum height of 3.0m and show an internal rebate line for the upper floor at 2.4m. There is an open loophole in the east wall, but the opening in the south wall is a simple recess 0.5m deep. The foundations of the north and west arms are turf-covered and overgrown, as is the interior.
A stone-built lean-to barn stands against the east wall.
Surveyed at 1:2500. (6)

NY 463804 Stonehouse tower (remains of); scheduled. (7,8)

Listed with plan and photograph. (9)

NY 463804. May have been recorded in a document of 1590. (10)


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Source details : OS 6" 1957
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : 1550-1699
Monument End Date : 1699
Monument Start Date : 1550
Monument Type : Bastle
Evidence : Ruined Building

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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CU 361
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CU 59
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 32854
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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 8348
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 48 SE 1
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1979-08-20
End Date : 1979-08-20