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Skelwith Pull Beck

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

Name	Skelwith Pull Beck
Alternative Names	Redding Coppice
Historic Country	Lancashire
Modern Authority	Cumbria
1974 Authority	Cumbria
Civil Parish	Skelwith

NY 34900189. A ?motte consisting of an oval mound 35 by 22m at the base, greatest height 4m, and the top apparently originally 25m long, there being only vestiges of a higher south east end, removed by quarry, reported at Pull Beck, Skelwith. (PastScape ref. Welsh)

A possible motte consisting of an oval mound 35 x 25 m at the base, greatest height 4 m. The top was probably originally 25 m long, but the SE end has been damaged by quarrying. (Lake District HER)

Gatehouse Comments

Does not appear to be manorial centre but in mountainous area of dispersed settlement. No suggestion of a bailey or anything that may have replaced a bailey. Not a focus for routes. Could be quarry spoil or glacial feature. Questionable as motte.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

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

10320

County Historic Environment Record

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OS Map Grid Reference	NY349018
Latitude	54.4082908630371
Longitude	-3.00446009635925
Eastings	334900
Northings	501890