Collinsons Castle

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

Mentioned in Jacksons reject list as site of 'ancient square fortification'. Marked on 6' OS map of 1867. There is a square area of greener vegetation on the aerial photo, centered on a well. This from Mannix & Whellan, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cumberland. 1847" There were until lately at Upper Row, on Hutton Common, the vestiges of Collinson Castle, an ancient fortification about 100yds square, with a ditch 30ft wide, and a trench 4ft deep. Several hand mill stones have been found here, but no record or tradition has yet pointed out the erection or demolition of the building." Possibly a Roman camp, unlikely to be medieval in my opinion. Salter just writes vanished moat.

This site has been described as a;
Uncertain.
This site is rejected as a medieval fortification or palace.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY45913797

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; 11249

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 921

Books

Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p100 [slight]
Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p199
Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carel Press)

Journal Articles

Bennet, J., Herne, A. and Whitworth, A., 1987, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol87 p81
1923, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol23 p227

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