Lynestead pele tower

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Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Lynestead pele tower is one of 13 tower houses the Albion Guide maps in Cumbria. For more of the same, Loan bastle and post-cottage and Low Grains bastle are close by. The closest station is Brampton (Cumbria), 18.5 km to the south.

Full name: Lynestead medieval pele tower, early post-medieval farmstead and an associated corn drying kiln

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