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Netherhall Park

Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

Name	Netherhall Park
Alternative Names
Historic Country	Cumberland
Modern Authority	Cumbria
1974 Authority	Cumbria
Civil Parish	Maryport

There is a square enclose at Netherhall Park, formed of a bank of earth and stones in which in 1913, 14th century pottery was found. (Collingwood)

The remains of a rectangular platform which may be the remains of a moated manor house. (Perriam and Robinson)

Banks defining the enclosure described above were mapped from air photographs as part of the Hadrian's Wall NMP project, although the remains are partially obscured by trees. As far as is visible it measures 48m by 37m. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

Site situated on the left bank of the River Ellen opposite Netherhall Tower. Was Netherhall a separate manor from Maryport or was the defensive but physical restricted motte site (Maryport Castle Hill) abandoned for a site with better access to a hunting park itself abandoned for another site on the other side of the river? Was this a ancillary hunting lodge or park keepers residence for Netherhall, rather than a manor house?

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

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

8990

County Historic Environment Record

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

OS Map Grid Reference	NY041365
Latitude	54.7146987915039
Longitude	-3.490149974823
Eastings	304100
Northings	536540