Muncaster Castle

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Muncaster Castle

Muncaster Castle is a castle over the River Esk , about 1.6 kilometers east of the town of Ravenglass on the west coast of the northern English county of Cumbria . The castle, which is privately owned, has been classified as a Grade I Historic Building by English Heritage .

history

The place name "Muncaster" contains the Latin word castra , which means "army camp" or "fortress" in German. It is believed that the castle was built on foundations from Roman times , which, as far as they exist, can be assigned to a “castellum” for the nearby Roman fort Glannoventa in Ravenglass.

Muncaster Castle around 1880

Muncaster Castle is owned by the Pennington family who have lived there for at least 800 years. The Muncaster estate was given to Alan de Penitone as a fief in 1208. The oldest parts of the castle are the knight's hall and the Peel Tower from the 14th century, a kind of watchtower that can only be found at fortresses on the English-Scottish border.

From 1860 to 1866 Anthony Salvin rebuilt the castle extensively for the Barons of Muncaster.

Muncaster Castle has beautiful gardens with facilities that benefit from views of the Esk Valley and the mountains. There is an owl house, a maze and, according to reports, a ghost living there.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Muncaster Castle . In: Historic England. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  2. ^ Ruins of a Roman Bath and the Foundations of a Castle - Ravenglass and Muncaster . In: cambridgemilitaryhistory.com , April 30, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  3. ^ Anthony Emery: Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500 . Volume I: Northern England . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996. ISBN 978-0-521497-23-7 . P. 232.
  4. ^ Muncaster Castle Gardens . In: Historic England. Retrieved June 2, 2015.

Web links

Commons : Muncaster Castle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 54 ° 21 ′ 16.9 "  N , 3 ° 22 ′ 51.2"  W.