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Bewley Castle, Crackenthorpe

England
List entry 1007146
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007146
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.17 hectares
Grid reference
NY 64799 21153
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bewley Castle is a fourteenth-century fortified tower situated near Crackenthorpe in Westmorland. The structure represents a typical example of the defensive architecture constructed during the medieval period in the North of England, when fortified dwellings provided protection against Border raids and lawlessness. The castle consists of a stone-built tower of substantial proportions, characteristic of the pele tower tradition common to the region. As a scheduled monument, Bewley Castle remains an important survivals of Westmorland's medieval defensive heritage.

Bewley Castle, Crackenthorpe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007146. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bewley Castle, Crackenthorpe?

Bewley Castle is a fourteenth-century fortified tower situated near Crackenthorpe in Westmorland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007146.

Who is responsible for protecting Bewley Castle, Crackenthorpe?

Bewley Castle, Crackenthorpe is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007146.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bewley Castle, Crackenthorpe?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three bowl barrows east of Ravens' Gill (9.4 km), Hollin Stump round cairn (9.5 km), Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts (9.5 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Three bowl barrows east of Ravens' Gill
9.4 km
Hollin Stump round cairn
9.5 km
Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts
9.5 km
Medieval shieling south of Cow Green
9.9 km
Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby Gill
9.9 km
Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow Green
10 km
Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins Scar
10.1 km
Round cairn 300m west of Lyvennet Beck
10.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bewley Castle, Crackenthorpe

Bewley Castle, Crackenthorpe stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

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