What is recorded here

Cockermouth Castle in Cumberland, England, is a scheduled monument and a medieval enclosure castle built on the remains of an earlier motte and bailey castle. The old earthworks may still shape the ground beneath later stone, preserving a layer of defence that predates the visible ruins.

The National Heritage List for England records Cockermouth Castle: medieval enclosure castle and site of earlier motte and bailey castle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built by the de Cockermouth family in the 12th century, Cockermouth Castle was later held by the Dacre family and is important as a key defensive and administrative site in the historic county of Cumberland.

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