Triermain Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Trevermane; Trivermain; Tradermayne; Tridermaine; Treuermane

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

Castle stands on a small glacial mound and is quadrangular in plan with towers on the east and west sides. It was surrounded by a curtain wall and flanked by a moat. The upstanding remains of the monument include the ruins of an internal building and a fragment of the gatehouse to the rear. The main internal building measured c22m by 21m, but only a corner survives. The moat has been partially filled in and measures up to 5m wide and 1m deep where it survives. Masonry from Hadrian's Wall was used to build the castle. The date of construction is uncertain, the land was granted in 1157 and a licence to crenellate, to Roland Vaux, was granted to this site in 1340. Described as ruinous in 1580.

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

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1340 Feb 4.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY59476681

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; 12607

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 3862

• Web site links
  • http://www.visitcumbria.com/car/triermain.htm
• Books
  • Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p175
    Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p91
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p47
    Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carel Press)
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p91
    Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p179-180
    Pevsner, N., 1967, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth, Penguin) p127
    Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p189, 238-40
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p332-3
    Taylor, M.W., 1892, The Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland and Cumberland (CWAAS extra series Vol8) p349 [slight]
• Journal Articles
  • McIntire, W.T., 1956, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol26 p247-54
    McIntire, 1926, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol26 p247-54
    Graham, T.H.B., 1911, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol11 p250-4
    Ferguson, 1876-7, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol3 p176-8
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls (1338-40) p417