Low House

Has been described as a Possible Pele Tower, and also as a Possible Bastle

There are uncertain remains

NameLow House
Alternative NamesLow Burnfoot
Historic CountryCumberland
Modern AuthorityCumbria
1974 AuthorityCumbria
Civil ParishBewcastle

NY534739. East of the derelict Low House Farm is a site identified as a potential tower site. (PastScape–ref. Perriam and Robinson)

Possible tower site.

Mike Jackson has identified this site, to the east of the derelict Low House Farm as being similar to that at Collin Bank; a potential tower site. (Perriam and Robinson 1998)

Gatehouse Comments

The map reference given in Perriam and Robinson and PastScape is 175m NNE of the ruinous Low House Farm. There does not seem to be anything at this location on any map or air photos. What was really meant? What is the actual location?

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNY534739
Latitude55.0573806762695
Longitude-2.73104000091553
Eastings353400
Northings572900
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 98 (slight)
  • Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 54