Burgh by Sands

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Burgh Castle

In the civil parish of Burgh By Sands.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).

Excavations between 1948 and 1950 uncovered the site of a mid-C13 moated manor house consisting of a hall and a possible pele tower on the site of a probable Norman motte and bailey castle of c 1100. The manor house was destroyed in c 1339. No visible remains. Built over site of Roman wall and turret 72b.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY314592

Sources of information, references and further reading

Books

Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS)
Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p28
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p36 [mention]
Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carel Press) p37
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p94
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Sanders, I.J., 1960, English Baronies. A study of their origin and descent 1086-1327 p23-4
Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p20

Journal Articles

Hogg and Storey, R.L., 1955, 'The Manor of Burgh by Sands' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol54 p105-18, 128-9
1911, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol11 p242-4

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

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p93
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol5 p47

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