Arthur's Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; King Arthur's Round Table

In the civil parish of Yanwath And Eamont Bridge.
In the historic county of Westmorland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).

Leland writes 'Less than a mile from Penrith, but in Westmorland, are the ruins of what is supposed to have been a castle. It stands on what is virtually an island, less than a bowshot from the Lowther on one side and the River Eamont on the other. This ruin is called by some the Round Table, and by others Arthur's Castle.' This is a well known prehistoric henge and clearly Leland did not believe it have actually been a castle.

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY52332838

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

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Good for general location

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1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 11978

Books

RCHME, 1936, An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland (HMSO) p252-3

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

Dugdale, W. Heraldic Visitation of Westmorland and Cumberland 1664-65
Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p483-4

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