Halton Castle, Lathom

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Horton; Alton

In the civil parish of Lathom.
In the historic county of Lancashire (Modern Authority of Lancashire, 1974 county of Lancashire).

Moated enclosure, with the south west arm of the moat still visible. Suggested location of Halton Castle, a fortified house besieged in the civil war and demolished in the early C18. The moat encloses an area 120ft north to south by 180ft east to west. The only visible remains within the enclosure are two dessed stones, possibly from the house. Some 350m to the south west is a small earthwork, the form of which suggests a small siegework placed to cover the house.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SD44420884

PastScape number; 40111

Books

King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p249 [possible]
Gibson, Leslie Irving, 1977, Lancashire Castles and Towers (Dalesman Books)

Journal Articles

Cheetham, F.H., 1913, Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society Vol31 p7-10

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/durhameng.html#lancs10]

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Halton Castle, Lathom

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SD44420884

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