Coupland Bridge 2 (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Copeland

In the civil parish of Warcop.
In the historic county of Westmorland.
Modern Authority of Cumbria.
1974 county of Cumbria.
Medieval County of Westmorland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NY71171888
Latitude 54.56432° Longitude -2.44736°

Coupland Bridge 2 has been described as a Timber Castle although is doubtful that it was such.

There are earthwork remains.

Comments

There is confusion in some references between this site and Coupland Bridge 1. Fore instance Perriam and Robinson give the map reference NY712189 but their prime source (Machell) and other part of their description almost certainly refers to the site at NY709189.
The location at a point where the Roman road crosses the Coupland Beck might be that of a toll point. The modern Beck is hardly a barrier but the medieval Beck may well have been larger and will have had a surrounding area of boggy land making it a more considerable barrier, particularly for wheeled vehicles and driven livestock.

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 14887.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 1815.

Books
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 269
  Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 97 (slight)
  Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carlisle: Carel Press) p. 50
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 495 (possible)
  RCHME, 1936, An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland (HMSO) p. 240 No. 12 online transcription
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Ewbank, J.M. (ed), 1963, Antiquary on Horseback: The first publication of the collections of the Rev. Thos. Machell (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 19)

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