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Strickland's Pele Tower is a fourteenth-century defensive structure located near Penrith in Cumberland. The tower forms part of the fortified landscape of the Anglo-Scottish borderlands, where such pele towers served as strongholds for local landowners against cross-border raids during the medieval period. Constructed as a characteristic square or rectangular stone tower with thick walls designed to provide refuge and defence, it represents the type of modest fortification that proliferated across the region from the fourteenth century onwards. The tower stands as evidence of the sustained military pressure and insecurity that characterised the border country during the later medieval period, when such structures offered essential protection to families and their livestock.
Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010690. View the official record →
Strickland's Pele Tower is a fourteenth-century defensive structure located near Penrith in Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010690.
Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith 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 1010690.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone (8.1 km), Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones (8.1 km), Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone (8.2 km).
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