Colby Tower
Has been described as a Possible Pele Tower
There are no visible remains
| Name | Colby Tower |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Westmorland |
| Modern Authority | Cumbria |
| 1974 Authority | Cumbria |
| Civil Parish | Colby |
Colby dates back to at least 1369, and appears to have been the site of a tower house. (PastScape–ref. Perriam and Robinson)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | NY665206 |
| Latitude | 54.5797805786133 |
| Longitude | -2.51940989494324 |
| Eastings | 366500 |
| Northings | 520600 |
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Books
- Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 99 (slight)
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 269
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1967, Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth) p. 241
Antiquarian
- Ewbank, J.M. (ed), 1963, Antiquary on Horseback: The first publication of the collections of the Rev. Thos. Machell (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 19) p. 234, 474
Journals
- Ragg, F.W., 1922, 'Appendix to "The Feoffees of the Cliffords"' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 22 p. 331 online copy
Primary Sources
- Prescott, J.E. (ed), 1897, The Register of the Priory of Wetheral (London: CWAAS Record Series 1) p. 388, 392 online copy