What is recorded here

Mote Castle in Cumberland stands as a scheduled monument, preserving a medieval mound and late medieval beacon. Whether the beacon warned of invasion or called ships through fog, the light cut darkness for miles. The mound still holds that purpose in its shape, waiting for someone to imagine the hand that first lit it.

The National Heritage List for England records The Mote Castle mound, medieval motte castle and site of late medieval beacon 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.

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