Lowther Castle Stead
Lowther Castle Stead is a medieval site in Cumbria, possibly a ringwork castle. It lies just east of the River Lowther. The castle was probably established in the 11th or 12th century as part of the Norman conquest of the region, and it was out of use by the mid-14th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: medieval site in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Castlesteads”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Michael, Lowther and Askham Hall.
Church of St Michael, Lowther
Church
Photo: Adie Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael, Lowther is situated 1,100 feet north of Lowther Castle Stead.
Askham Hall
Hotel
Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Askham Hall is a country house near Askham in Cumbria. It is a Grade I listed building. Askham Hall is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Lowther Castle Stead.
Lowther Castle
Photo: Burtonsi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lowther Castle is a ruined country house in Lowther, Cumbria, England. The estate has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages. Lowther Castle is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Lowther Castle Stead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Helton and Whale.
Helton
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helton is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
Whale
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whale is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is about a mile south of the village of Askham. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 it had a population of 53. Whale is situated 1½ miles south of Lowther Castle Stead.
Sockbridge
Village
Sockbridge and Tirril is a small civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. It had a population of 397 in 2001, increasing to 415 at the 2011 Census. Sockbridge is situated 2 miles northwest of Lowther Castle Stead.
Lowther Castle Stead
- Categories: ringwork castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lowther, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lowther Castle Stead” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lowther Castle Stead”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Lowther”
- Swedish: “Lowther Castle Stead”
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