Headswood Newton
Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)
There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains
| Name | Headswood Newton |
| Alternative Names | Walton |
| Historic Country | Cumberland |
| Modern Authority | Cumbria |
| 1974 Authority | Cumbria |
| Civil Parish | Irthington |
(Area centred NY 50336318) There is a reputed motte at Headswood (OGS Crawford pre-1940).
Immediately on the North of the Wall at Headswood are the remains of a defence work apparently formed so as to take the ditch of the Wall as its S ditch, and having faint traces of another on the North, and a low tumulus, or round mound resting on the edge of the precipice connected with it. The remains are too indistinct to speculate as to its origin (MacLauchlan).
These so called earthworks (or motte) are natural precipices of the Irthing valley (F1 CFW 09-FEB-72). (PastScape)
Headswood NY504632. Alleged motte (Curwen, C. & T., 40). Very disturbed area, but mounds here are natural. A small isolated one - the probable 'motte' - is not in a defensible position. (King 1983)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | NY503632 |
| Latitude | 54.961368560791 |
| Longitude | -2.77656006813049 |
| Eastings | 350330 |
| Northings | 563230 |
