Longtown Tower

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Arthuret Knowes; Longtowne

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

Vanished pele tower or bastle mentioned in 1590. Salter writes may be same as tower at Arthuret Knowes mentioned in 1542 and shown on map of 1552. During the Battle of Solway Moss in 1542, the Scottish troops retired to the tower at Arthuret but were quickly dislodged. A tower is shown on the 1552 map beside Arthuret. There is no reference to a fortified tower at the Mediaeval church. It is thought that it dated to C12 or C13. Moated earthworks which were probably associated with the tower have been destroyed by quarrying. Shown on Aglionby's "Platt" of 1590.

This site has been described as a;
Bastle
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY381674

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; 1389979

• Web site links
  • http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/maps/sol4.gif
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p96 [slight]
    Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p226
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p93