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Monument Number 8570
Hob Uid: 8570
Location : Cumbria Allerdale Workington
Grid Ref : NX9878028390
Summary : Site of small medieval pele tower, possibly used as a beacon in 1468 and 1688. The structure was repaired in the early 19th century and demolished in 1946.
More information : [NX 98782839] ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT [GT] A tower 23-1/2ft. & 17ft. repaired early 19th Cent. Probably carried the beacon in 1468 and 1688(2). Destroyed in 1946 to make way for a slag tip(3) St. Michael's Mount or How Michael is a typical small pele tower. Itis built of rough masonry with narrow loophole windows except that two larger, unornamented, windows face landwards. The arched ground floor measures 23-1/2 by 17ft. and there is a narrow winding stair to the upper floor. Although called Watch Chapell (a) in 1569 and Holme Chapel by Pennant (1726-1798) it is quite unlike a chapel. It stands on Chapel Bank Hill 90ft above sea level, the only considerable hill in the parish. The hill is probably the Workington Hill given in a list of Mid-15th century beacon sites (7).

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Source details : OS 6" 1900
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Source details : T Cumb & Westm A & AS 23-1923 250 (WG Collingwood)
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Source details : Rec 6" (H Valentine Sept 1948)
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Source details : Hist & Topo of Cumb & Westm 1860 464 (William Whellan)
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Source details : T Cumb & Westm AS (NS) 16 1900 52 (Excursion)
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Source details : EPNS 21 1943-4 Cumb 2 457
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Source Number : 6a
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Source details : State Papers (Domestic) 1569 (PRO)
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : Hist & Antiq of Cumb & Westm 1 1977 xliv fn (Nicholson & Burn)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Pre 1468
Monument End Date : 1468
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Monument Type : Pele Tower
Evidence : Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Recorded in 1468
Monument End Date : 1468
Monument Start Date : 1468
Monument Type : Beacon
Evidence : Demolished Building, Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Recorded in 1688
Monument End Date : 1688
Monument Start Date : 1688
Monument Type : Beacon
Evidence : Demolished Building, Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Repaired early C19
Monument End Date : 1832
Monument Start Date : 1801
Monument Type : Tower
Evidence : Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Demolished in 1946
Monument End Date : 1946
Monument Start Date : 1946
Monument Type : Tower
Evidence : Demolished Building

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External Cross Reference Number : NX 92 NE 1
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Monument Number 8570