High Grains Pele Tower

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

The earthworks and buried remains of High Grains medieval pele tower and barmkin and three adjacent shielings located 200m west of High Grains Farm. The remains of the pele tower includes the largely grass covered lower courses of the tower's substantial wall 1.5m thick which survive up to 1.3m high and indicated that it was a rectangular structure measuring 10m by 9m. A wall running south from the south east corner of the pele for a distance of 3m is identified as the remains of the tower's barmkin or defensive wall, whilst the position of the barmkin on the tower's north side is marked by a distinct earthwork or ledge beyond which the ground is of a rougher nature
This appears to be a slightly different description of High Grains Bastle and is probably a duplicate report although there is a report of another bastle close to High Grains but this may refer to the shielings.

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY58587541

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; 1113073