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Dallam Tower
Hob Uid: 41644
Location : Cumbria South Lakeland Beetham
Grid Ref : SD4908081040
Summary : The original Dallam Tower, a pele tower, was constructed circa 1375 and incorporated into a house circa 1546. The whole building was demolished in 1720-3 when the present house was constructed.
More information : (SD 49058104) Dallam Tower (NAT). (1) The original Dallam Tower, a pele-tower, was built c.1375, and "stood just in front of the present tower, at the foot of the steps, about 20 yards beyond the public road, and looked down the river towards Whitbarrow Scar". It was enclosed c.1546 in a new house, but the whole was evidently demolished in 1720-3, when the present house was built. (Siting of pele: SD 49088104). (2) Listed. (3)

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Source details : OS 6" 1956
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : J F Curwen
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Vol(s) : 13, 1913

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Vol(s) : vol.29

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Constructed c1375
Monument End Date : 1385
Monument Start Date : 1365
Monument Type : Pele Tower
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : c1546
Monument End Date : 1556
Monument Start Date : 1536
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Demolished 1720-23
Monument End Date : 1723
Monument Start Date : 1720
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Demolished Building

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 48 SE 9
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Relationship type : General association

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