What is recorded here

Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle stand in Westmorland and Furness as a scheduled monument, marked only by a point on the official list rather than a clear boundary. The name suggests a pele tower built for Strickland and a castle belonging to Penrith, yet no surviving chamber, courtyard or gate is recorded. What remains is a ghost of a fortress, remembered through law rather than stone.

The National Heritage List for England records Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith 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.

Strickland's Pele Tower and Penrith Castle were built by the Strickland family, a prominent local landowning family, in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. They are important as key defensive and administrative centres in the historically contested border region between England and Scotland.

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