Lamrick Tower

Has been described as a Possible Pele Tower

There are no visible remains

NameLamrick Tower
Alternative NamesLambrigg
Historic CountryWestmorland
Modern AuthorityCumbria
1974 AuthorityCumbria
Civil ParishLambrigg

Machell, writing in the late C17, noted a tower at Lamrick demolished in the mid-C17, used for a park house. (PastScape–ref. Perriam and Robinson)

Gatehouse Comments

Quite what Machell meant by 'a park house' is unclear. A hunt viewing platform and/or a keeper's lodge?

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSD599947
Latitude54.3463897705078
Longitude-2.617840051651
Eastings359900
Northings494700
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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. 356

Antiquarian

  • Ewbank, J.M. (ed), 1963, Antiquary on Horseback (CWAAS extra series No. 19) (Thomas Machell's writings)