What is recorded here

Dalton Castle is a fourteenth-century peel tower built by Furness Abbey monks to shelter records and people during Scottish raids. It stood at the heart of a busy medieval market town, giving the peninsula a defensive anchor before Barrow-in-Furness grew into a major port. The thick stone walls and steep internal stairs still suggest a place made for warning, refuge and decisive action.

The National Heritage List for England records Dalton 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.

Dalton Castle was built in the 13th century by the de Vesci family, a prominent noble family in northern England. It is remembered as an important medieval stronghold and is now a scheduled monument due to its historical and archaeological significance.

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