Tebay Greenholme (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Castle Howe, Lower Greenholme

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

OS Map Grid Reference: NY60060532
Latitude 54.44171° Longitude -2.61733°

Tebay Greenholme has been described as a Timber Castle although is doubtful that it was such.

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains.

Description

Alleged earthwork remains of a motte and bailey castle. Now interpreted as probable natural features. (PastScape)

Castle Howe, earthwork at Lower Greenhowe nearly 1 m. N.W. of the modern church, has been supposed to represent a second castle. All that now remains is a scarp towards the river Lune on the N. and also continued along the W. side of the site. There are no remains of a mound or of any defensive work on the E. and S. (RCHME 1936)

There is now no evidence of a motte and bailey here, although the tradition of 'Castle Howe' persists. The site consists of a spur of ground which rises gradually from the east and terminates to the north and west in steep natural slopes, which presumably have been assumed to be the remains of a bailey similar to Old Tebay (NY 60 NW 4). The whole is under pasture (Field Investigators Comments–F1 BHP 01-APR-74). (PastScape)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 13207.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 1945.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Matthew Emmott's Castle Blog
Books
- Grimsditch, Brian, Nevell, Michael and Nevell, Richard, 2012, Buckton Castle and the Castles of the North West England (University of Salford Archaeological Monograph 2) p. 113
  Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 90
  Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 29) p. 279
  Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carlisle: Carel Press) p. 90
  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. 225 No. 2 online transcription
  Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal: CWAAS Extra Series 13) p. 29
  Whellan, W., 1860, The History and Topography of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland (Pontefract) p. 765 online copy
  Hodgson, J., 1810, Topographical and Historical Description of Westmoreland p. 150 online copy
  Nicholson, J. and Burn, B., 1777, The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland (London) Vol. 1 p. 493 online copy
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Clare, T., 1982, A Report on Medieval Fortified Sites in Cumbria (Cumbria CC)

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