Castle Carrock House

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Mansion House

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

Possible pele tower near to Castle Carrock House, maybe that referred to in the 'Survey of Gilsland 1589' as Mansion House. There is some confusion between this possible pele and the possible castle in King. PastScape record reads “ According to Curwen there was a yard wall at Castle Carrock which contained the remains of and old pele. A photograph shows a two-storeyed, massively-built, thatched building on the east side of the road to Brampton, opposite Castle Carrock House, and stones from it have been used to build a garden wall there.”

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY543554

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; 1389633

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 5639

Books

Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p141
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p92
Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p411

Journal Articles

Hall, 1881-2, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol6 p465

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