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Lanercost Priory–Priors Tower
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Dacre Tower: Dacre Hall
In the civil parish of Burtholme.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).
West range of the cloisters of an Augustinian monastery were converted into a house after monastery dissolved in 1537. This is sometimes said to be fortified.
This site has been described as a;
Tower House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Major remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 78138)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY556637
PastScape number;
12658
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 5641
- Web site links
- Books
- Harrison, Peter, 2004, Castles of God (Woodbridge; Boydell Press) p67
Brooke, C.J., 2000, Safe Sanctuaries (Edinburgh; John Donald) p266
Summerson, H. and Harrison, S., 2000, Lanercost Priory, Cumbria. A Survey and Documentary History (Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society research series)
Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p70
Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS)
Cope, Jean, 1991, Castles in Cumbria (Cicerone Press) p99-101
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p43
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p88
Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p113-5
Knowles, David and Hadcock, R. Neville, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Longman) p162
Pevsner, N., 1967, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth, Penguin) p157
Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles [1970 Reprint by Frank Graham] p143-4
Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p293
- Journal Articles
- Whitworth, A.M., 1998, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol98 p133-44
Collingwood, W.G., 1923, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol23 p247-8
1897, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol14 p195
1891, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol10 p70
Ferguson, 1874, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol1 p128
- Guidebooks
- Keevil, Graham D., 2003, Lanercost Priory (English Heritage)
Moorman, John R.H., 1967 [2edn], Lanercost Priory (Brampton: John Moorman) p14
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