East Stonehouse Dentdale (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;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

In the civil parish of Sedbergh.
In the historic county of Yorkshire.
Modern Authority of Cumbria.
1974 county of Cumbria.
Medieval County of Yorkshire West Riding.

OS Map Grid Reference: SD77188582
Latitude 54.26816° Longitude -2.35179°

East Stonehouse Dentdale has been described as a Bastle although is doubtful that it was such.

There are no visible remains.

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*.

Description

Stonehouse sites.
Kevin Lancaster writes; '... probably a reference to the quality of the land,... there are references in the Compoti Rolls from 1372 to 1457 to a stonehouse, but nothing on the ground.' (1993); Land held by Hospitallers 1290.
J Marsh writes; '... in Auten Gill there were a number of stoneworking 'mills'... The name refers to stoneworking of Dent 'marble'. Should not be included. As all houses were stone in this area, unlike the Solway Plain where the term 'stonehouse' was rare.
Was Dent 'marble' quarried in the 14th century, or is this a co-incidence of names? Needs for more information. (Perriam and Robinson 1998)

Comments

The Record in Perriam and Robinson is accompanied by a picture of the grade II listed East Stonehouse farmhouse. This is a probably location of one of the recorded medieval 'stonehouses'.
The form of this supposed late medieval farmhouse is not known beyond it being in stone. This is outside the usually area of pele-house bastles although the generally topography (a highland valley) is similar to that of the Marches North Pennines. Other than the inclusion in a gazetteer of 'medieval fortified buildings' there is nothing to suggest fortification.

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1383858
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) MYD34714.

Books
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 395
Periodical Articles
- Lancaster, K., 1993 Jun, Sedbergh Historian Newsletter

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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.

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