Tower Tye

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Tortie

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

Earthwork remains of a C14 Medieval ringwork; a circular earthwork having well defined defences which consist of an inner bank, a ditch, and an outer bank. The inner bank running around the edge of the interior measures approximately 6m wide by 1m high. It is flanked by a ditch c 2.5m by 0.5m deep which in turn is flanked by an outer bank measuring up to 5m wide by 0.5m high
This site is in a natural defensive position, by a crossroads and close to river crossing at Lanercost. I find C14 date in the PastScape a little odd and I am quite at a loss as to why what would be a fairly major earthwork castle has been completely missed by King, Salter and Jackson. May be precussor to Naworth Castle.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY56506206

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; 12671

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 307

Books

Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS)

Journal Articles

Collingwood, W.G., 1923, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol23 p247-8

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