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Gleaston Castle is a fourteenth-century fortified enclosure situated near Dalton-in-Furness in Lancashire. The castle comprises a substantial stone-built curtain wall enclosing an irregular polygonal area, characteristic of the enclosure castle type that emerged during the medieval period. Built in the 1380s by the de Harrington family, it represents a modest but strategically significant defensive work of the late medieval northwest. The castle's remains, though fragmentary, retain evidence of its original stone construction and demonstrate the architectural conventions of minor baronial fortifications in fourteenth-century Lancashire.
Enclosure castle known as Gleaston Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013966. View the official record →
Gleaston Castle is a fourteenth-century fortified enclosure situated near Dalton-in-Furness in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013966.
Enclosure castle known as Gleaston Castle 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 1013966.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lime kiln 100m east of Scales Green Farm (1.7 km), Lime kiln 320m south east of Scales Green Farm (1.8 km), Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure west of Scales Haggs, 300m NNE of Scales Green Farm (1.8 km).
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