Loweswater Pele (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Loweswater.
In the historic county of Cumberland.
Modern Authority of Cumbria.
1974 county of Cumbria.
Medieval County of Cumberland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NY14982029
Latitude 54.57073° Longitude -3.31629°

Loweswater Pele has been described as a Pele Tower although is doubtful that it was such, and also as a probable Bastle.

There are masonry footings remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

Comments

To differentiate between the certain Crummock Water Manor House, usually called Loweswater Pele and this possible pele house Gatehouse has called this Loweswater Pele. The possibility for confusion is obvious and care needs to be taken in regard to these sites and their associated records. The Crummock Water site is large and this possible pele is within the larger defensive circuit. It could, therefore, be contemporary with the manor house and represent ancillary accommodation. Although called a possible tower in Perriam and Robinson it was, most probably, a pele-house type bastle held by a tenant and representing a later subdivision of demense land for a money rent.

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1013503, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number 27660
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 9441.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 1071.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Old Cumbria Gazetteer
Books
- Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 97 (slight)
  Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 99
Periodical Articles
- Fair, M.C., 1936, 'Loweswater Pele and Parks' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 36 p. 126 online copy
  Ward, J.C., 1878, 'Notes on Archaeological Remains in the Lake District' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol. 3 p. 247 online copy

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The bibliography owes much to various bibliographies produced by John Kenyon for the Council for British Archaeology, the Castle Studies Group and others.

Suggestions for finding online and/or hard copies of bibliographical sources can be seen at this link.
Minor archaeological investigations, such as watching brief reports, and some other 'grey' literature is most likely to be held by H.E.R.s but is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded here, or elsewhere, but some suggestions can be found here.

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