| Title: |
Catterlen Old Hall, Catterlen, Cumbria. Archaeological Evaluation |
| Number of Pages: |
26 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The site of Catterlen Old Hall, which comprised a prominent grass-covered building platform up to 1m high and measuring c.30m x 20m, with the foundations of a 17m x 13m tower at the northern end of this platform, a 15m x 10m southern wing at the southern end of the platform, and faint trenches of the foundations of a cross hall, which would have connected the two, was scheduled in 1995 (SAM 23777). An evaluation was undertaken in advance of the proposed re-siting of a garage for which planning permission had already been granted. Neither of the two trial trenches revealed evidence for in-situ structural remains associated with the Old Hall. This suggested that there was not a permanent structure adjoining the south-eastern corner of the Hall, and that structural remains relating to the Old Hall may have been confined to the platform to the east. The observation of a rise in the natural gravels within the trenches suggested that the Old Hall was built on a naturally formed terrace, rather than a constructed platform. The demolition rubble observed in the two trenches differed in nature. That in Trench 2 contained large quantities of mortar with smaller fragments of stone when compared with that in Trench 1, and may have related to the dumping of demolition material from the presumably more domestic-orientated southern wing. The material observed within Trench 1 appeared most likely to represent demolition debris from the wall core of the tower house element of the Old Hall; the lack of worked stone within the deposit suggested that the higher quality stone was re-used in the construction of later buildings. In addition, a carved mullion-head was observed on the ground surface next to the corner of the two modern structures at the southern end of the proposed extension; it probably related to a first floor window, and was unlikely to have dated from the original build of the Old Hall tower house, as it formed part of what appeared to have been a wide window which would have had poor defensive properties. It was more probable that it derived from the southern wing of the Old Hall, which was presumably more domestic in nature. [Au(abr)] |
| Author: |
Daniel W Elsworth
Chris Wild
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| Publisher: |
Lancaster University Archaeological Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Catterlen Old Hall |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Old Hall |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: CATTERLEN OLD HALL, CATTERLEN
Study area:
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: Eden
Monument: FEATURE. Modern (1901-present), [finds]. Modern (1901-present), [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901)
Ngr: NY47793214
Parish: Catterlen
Postcode: CA110BB
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
