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High Haume, Dalton in Furness

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

Name	High Haume, Dalton in Furness
Alternative Names	High Haulme; Hougun
Historic Country	Lancashire
Modern Authority	Cumbria
1974 Authority	Cumbria
Civil Parish	Askam And Ireleth

A turf covered earthwork on a hill top commanding an extensive all round view, consists of a mound formed by a substantial horse-shoe shaped bank, with an outer ditch on its N and E sides (Field Investigators Comments-F1 ASP 16-JUN-58).

It is known to have been used as the site of a medieval beacon (PBNFC 1933).

It is possible that this is the site of 'Hougun' documented in Domesday (Perriam and Robinson). (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

Has been suggested as a motte but too small, has no bailey and in an isolated location. Quite how the site was managed and funded as a beacon site is an interesting question. A proper viewshed analysis might be informative.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

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

37911

County Historic Environment Record

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

OS Map Grid Reference	SD225759
Latitude	54.1738395690918
Longitude	-3.18751001358032
Eastings	322580
Northings	475990