Mossthorn, Stapleton
Has been described as a Possible Pele Tower, and also as a Possible Bastle
There are no visible remains
| Name | Mossthorn, Stapleton |
| Alternative Names | Mossthorne; The Mosthorn; Lineholme |
| Historic Country | Cumberland |
| Modern Authority | Cumbria |
| 1974 Authority | Cumbria |
| Civil Parish | Stapleton |
Alleged site of a pele tower north-west of Lineholme at Mossthorn. Report of lintel dated '1604 BM' with Musgrave Arms found. (Perriam and Robinson)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | NY515734 |
| Latitude | 55.0528717041016 |
| Longitude | -2.76061010360718 |
| Eastings | 351500 |
| Northings | 573400 |
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Books
- Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 99 (slight)
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 55
- King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 93
- Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 13) p. 409
Journals
- Bewcastle Journal Vol. 7
- Collingwood, W.G., 1923, 'An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Cumberland' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 23 p. 208 online copy