Aikton Castle, Great Salkeld

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Little Salkeld

In the civil parish of Great Salkeld.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).

Earthworks, foundations and collapsed walls, named as `Aikton Castle' in a documentary source of 1794. The remains are imperfectly surveyed. Dismissed by Jackson. Called vanished moat by Salter. In Mannix & Whellan, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland, 1847 it is described as 'a fortified station, called Aikton castle, formed of rough stones, without mortar'. To me this site appears to be the center of a medieval field pattern and I wonder if this site is actually a DMV, either with or without a castle or moated manor.

This site has been described as a;
Uncertain.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Masonry footings remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY548380

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 12253

Books

Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p194
Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p100 [slight]
Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carel Press) p95
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p94
Mannix and Whellan, 1847, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland
Jefferson, S., 1840, History and Antiquities of Leith Ward p271

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