What is recorded here
High Head Castle is shown as a castle on the public map of Westmorland and Furness. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
High Head Castle was built in the 13th century by the de Lacy family, who were prominent landowners in the region during the medieval period. It is remembered as a strategic defensive site controlling access to the Furness Peninsula and reflecting the military architecture of the late medieval period in northern England.
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