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Austhwaite Hall, Dalegarth

Has been described as a Questionable Pele Tower

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

Name	Austhwaite Hall, Dalegarth
Alternative Names	Dalegarthe
Historic Country	Cumberland
Modern Authority	Cumbria
1974 Authority	Cumbria
Civil Parish	Eskdale

Earthworks in the vicinity of Dalegarth Hall are considered to be an old tower which preceded the construction of the present building. This has been known as Austhwaite, but this may be the same as Dalegarth, the last male Austhwaite dying in 1345 and Dalegarth first being mentioned in 1437. The earthworks are indistinct and may alternatively represent bloomery spoil heaps. Excavation would determine the nature of the site. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

The earthworks are probably recorded in Lake District HER as Dalegarth Hall bloomery.The Austhwaite family certainly seem to have had a house here in the C14 and earlier, although the form is not really known. However, they were a knightly family and some martial aspect to their house, particularly in this area, is not an unreasonable supposition. The site suggested in Perriam and Robinson is not unreasonable, but others have seen this as a bloomery site, so it may be that Dalegarth Hall is built on the site of the earlier Austhwaite Hall.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

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

1389371

County Historic Environment Record

www.cumbria.gov.uk/planning-environment/countryside/historic-environment/HER.asp

OS Map Grid Reference	NY169001
Latitude	54.3895988464355
Longitude	-3.27967000007629
Eastings	316980
Northings	500100