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Moated site of Loweswater Pele

England
List entry 1013503
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013503
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.95 hectares
Grid reference
NY 15064 20240
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site of Loweswater Pele is a medieval fortified residence located in Cumberland, England. The site comprises a pele tower, a characteristic defensive structure of the Anglo-Scottish border region, surrounded by a moat which provided protection and status to its inhabitants during the medieval period. Pele towers of this type typically date from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries and served as strongholds for local landholding families in an area subject to cross-border raids and instability. The moat surrounding the structure represents a common defensive feature of medieval elite residences in northern England, distinguishing it as a site of some importance within the local settlement hierarchy.

Moated site of Loweswater Pele is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013503. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site of Loweswater Pele?

Moated site of Loweswater Pele is a medieval fortified residence located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013503.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site of Loweswater Pele?

Moated site of Loweswater Pele 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 1013503.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site of Loweswater Pele?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shieling settlement close to the mouth of Scale Beck (2.7 km), Round cairn on summit of Carling Knott (3.4 km), Smithy Beck settlement 1.10km north-west of Low Gillerthwaite (5.6 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Shieling settlement close to the mouth of Scale Beck
2.7 km
Round cairn on summit of Carling Knott
3.4 km
Smithy Beck settlement 1.10km north-west of Low Gillerthwaite
5.6 km
Smithy Beck settlement 1.43km north-west of Low Gillerthwaite
5.7 km
Smithy Beck settlement: Latterbarrow longhouse 860m north west of Low Gillerthwaite
5.8 km
Gillerthwaite and Dodsgill Beck medieval settlements, associated field systems and cairnfields 790m ENE and 370m north-east of Low Gillerthwaite
6 km
Romano-British farmstead 200m west of Lambing Knott
6.1 km
Smithy Beck prehistoric cairnfield, charcoal burning sites, a bloomery and associated earthworks 1.97km WNW of Low Gillerthwaite
6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site of Loweswater Pele

Moated site of Loweswater Pele stands on Ordovician Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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