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Lanercost Bridge

Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Motte)

There are uncertain remains

Name	Lanercost Bridge
Alternative Names	Brampton Bank
Historic Country	Cumberland
Modern Authority	Cumbria
1974 Authority	Cumbria
Civil Parish	Brampton

A large mound projects from the bluff line of the river Irthing. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map it was marked as a tumulus. However, it has also been alleged to be a natural feature or a motte. There is no evidence of an excavation. (PastScape–ref. Perriam and Robinson)

SMR record 5213; 'A large mound projects from the bluff line of the river. It has always been considered natural in origin, but if not natural, its shape indicates it is a motte.' Quotes Cowper (1899) and Clare (1982).

No record of excavation. (Perriam and Robinson 1998)

Gatehouse Comments

The location, by a bridge and close to a mill, certainly looks to be one of manorial significance. However, the medieval bridge was not here but 320m upstream (PastScape record 12681)

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)

1389760

County Historic Environment Record

maps.cumbria.gov.uk/eggp/eggp.aspx?dept=Environment&scriptname=1%20Historic%20Environment

OS Map Grid Reference	NY553632
Latitude	54.9614181518555
Longitude	-2.69960999488831
Eastings	355300
Northings	563200