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Kendal Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress situated on a prominent hilltop overlooking the town of Kendal in Westmorland. The castle was established in the late twelfth century, likely by the Parr family, and represents an important local stronghold during the medieval period. The site comprises a substantial mound with associated defensive earthworks, including ditches and outer banks that define the bailey, and evidence suggests an earlier ringwork may underlie or precede the Norman fortification. The stone structures that once crowned the motte have largely disappeared, leaving the earthwork remains as the principal surviving testimony to the site's defensive significance in the region's feudal landscape.
Kendal Castle and associated earthworks, and earlier ringwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008901. View the official record →
Kendal Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress situated on a prominent hilltop overlooking the town of Kendal in Westmorland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008901.
Kendal Castle and associated earthworks, and earlier ringwork 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 1008901.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castlesteads small multivallate hillfort on The Helm (3.8 km), Part of Helsington medieval village immediately west of Briggs House Farm (4 km), Round cairn 230m north of Berry Holme (4.5 km).
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