Hall Hills

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

The earthworks and buried remains of Hall Hills medieval dispersed settlement. It is located on a local high point overlooking the confluence of Hall Sike and Kirk Beck, 370m WNW of St Cuthbert's Church, and includes a partly mutilated platform upon which lie the turf-covered remains of a small stone-built house, and enclosure and a small building platform. The house measures 12m square externally with walls circa 2m wide and up to 0.3m high, and is flanked by a shallow ditch on its south and west sides. To the east of the house there is a rectangular enclosure interpreted as a stock enclosure measuring 17.5m by 15m. On the enclosures southern side there are faint traces of a low platform measuring 9m by 4m and up to 0.1m high which is interpreted as the site of a timber outbuilding.

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY56177477

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

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PastScape number; 13083