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{{Short description|Grade I listed tower and museum in Cumbria, England}}
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[[Image:Dalton Castle.jpg|thumb|Dalton Castle, 2007]]
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'''Dalton Castle''' is a 14th-century [[peel tower]] situated in [[Dalton-in-Furness]], [[Cumbria]], [[England]], and in the ownership of the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]. It was constructed by the monks of [[Furness Abbey]] for the protection of the nearby market town, and was the building from which the Abbot administered the area and dispensed justice.
'''Dalton Castle''' is a grade I listed 14th-century [[peel tower]] situated in [[Dalton-in-Furness]], [[Cumbria]], England, and in the ownership of the [[National Trust]].<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1218342 |desc=Dalton Castle |access-date=10 July 2015}}</ref> It was constructed by the monks of [[Furness Abbey]] for the protection of the nearby market town, and was the building from which the Abbot administered the area and dispensed justice.<ref>Cumbria - Volume 15 - Page 113
1965
The early connections of the castle were with Furness Abbey, which presided over the Vale of the Deadly Nightshade only a few miles away. In 1292 the Abbot of Furness claimed a right to have a gallows erected on the site. By the time of Henry VIII Dalton Castle was sadly ruined. The King ordered that its roof and floors should be repaired with lead and wood from Furness Abbey."</ref><ref>Joseph Richardson (of Barrow-in-Furness, Eng.) - 1880 Furness, Past and Present: Its History and Antiquities "Dalton Castle is closely connected with the ecclesiastical history of the parish, at the present day it stands in almost the same condition in which it is represented in an illustration published seventy years ago by Close. What change has supervened is for the worse; as it consists of the building of a plain dwelling house along the chief front of the castle, and the obscurement of what should have remained an isolated erection. West advances a Roman origin for this castle. He urges that among other facts, the nature of the situation of the fort at Dalton, are circumstances which warrant a supposition that Agricola had visited and reduced Furness in the summer of his second campaign a.d. 79; and that he or some successor had erected a castellum at Dalton."</ref>


It was a prison from at least 1257, until 1774.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://daltoncouncil.org.uk/dalton-castle/ |title=Dalton Castle- A Brief History |access-date=4 March 2020 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222072212/https://daltoncouncil.org.uk/dalton-castle/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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The property hosts an exhibition on a local history as well as a display about local painter [[George Romney (painter)|George Romney]].

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The property hosts an exhibition on a local history as well as a display about local painter [[George Romney (painter)|George Romney]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==See also==
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*[[Listed buildings in Dalton Town with Newton]]

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-daltoncastle/ Dalton Castle information at the National Trust]
*[https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dalton-castle Dalton Castle information at the National Trust]
*[http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Tourist_Attractions/Castles/castle_view.php?castle=dalton_castle The Cumbria Directory - Dalton Castle]


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Latest revision as of 18:13, 25 December 2023

This article is about the castle in England. For the professional wrestler, see Dalton Castle (wrestler).

Dalton Castle, 2007

Dalton Castle is a grade I listed 14th-century peel tower situated in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust.[1] It was constructed by the monks of Furness Abbey for the protection of the nearby market town, and was the building from which the Abbot administered the area and dispensed justice.[2][3]

It was a prison from at least 1257, until 1774.[4]

The property hosts an exhibition on a local history as well as a display about local painter George Romney.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Historic England. "Dalton Castle (1218342)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  2. ^ Cumbria - Volume 15 - Page 113 1965 The early connections of the castle were with Furness Abbey, which presided over the Vale of the Deadly Nightshade only a few miles away. In 1292 the Abbot of Furness claimed a right to have a gallows erected on the site. By the time of Henry VIII Dalton Castle was sadly ruined. The King ordered that its roof and floors should be repaired with lead and wood from Furness Abbey."
  3. ^ Joseph Richardson (of Barrow-in-Furness, Eng.) - 1880 Furness, Past and Present: Its History and Antiquities "Dalton Castle is closely connected with the ecclesiastical history of the parish, at the present day it stands in almost the same condition in which it is represented in an illustration published seventy years ago by Close. What change has supervened is for the worse; as it consists of the building of a plain dwelling house along the chief front of the castle, and the obscurement of what should have remained an isolated erection. West advances a Roman origin for this castle. He urges that among other facts, the nature of the situation of the fort at Dalton, are circumstances which warrant a supposition that Agricola had visited and reduced Furness in the summer of his second campaign a.d. 79; and that he or some successor had erected a castellum at Dalton."
  4. ^ "Dalton Castle- A Brief History". Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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