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Lazen Castle
Hob Uid: 12579
Location : Cumbria Carlisle Carlatton
Grid Ref : NY5150053380
Summary : Seemingly just a natural hillock, possibly used as a local vantage point, but no remains of a castle are evident.
More information : (Area NY 515533) Lazencastle Wood. (1) (Area NY 512532) Lazen Castle (2). Lazon Castle, shown on the map of Hayton Manor AD 1710, is a steep hill overgrown with trees; it exhibits no traces of foundations or earthworks. Graham suggests that it may have been a castle in name only, that is, a natural vantage point used by the local herdsmen when surprised by Scottish raiders. (3) Mention is made of Lasen Castle in an AD 1613 description of Carlatton bounds. (4) Colingwood, (5) under mottes, mentions Laxon Castle, with the comment, 'no remains known', he gives Graham (3) as a sub-reference. A small steep-sided hillock at NY 51505338 is the natural site for a vantage point or a defensive work. Recent afforestation, however, precluded any close inspection, but the narrowness of the summit makes it unlikely that a castle ever existed. (2-5)

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Source details : OS 6" 1957
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Source details : Private 1" (W G Collingwood undated)
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Source details : T Cumb & Westm A & AS NS 12 1912 200 Extinct Cumb Castles (T H B Graham)
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Source Number : 3a
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Source details : T Cumb and Westm A and AS NS 7 1907 43
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Source details : T Cumb and Westm A and AS NS 20 1920 25 (T H B Graham)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : T Cumb and Westm A and AS NS 23 1923 216 (W G Collingwood)
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : F1 RE 04-SEP-72
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Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Natural Feature
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 55 SW 5
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Relationship type : Is referred to by

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-09-04
End Date : 1972-09-04

Historic England Research Records

Lazen Castle