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58: 98: 412: 399: 435: 41: 360:. The entrance to it was approached through a gateway at the head of a flight of steps from the road. Directly opposite an archway opened into the inner court; on the left, or east side, was the kitchen and buttery, with the hall beyond, entered by an external stair from the court; the south end was occupied by the chapel and withdrawing rooms; whilst on the western side there was a long gallery lighted by a large 105: 65: 369: 395:, with its double courtyards separated by a low dividing wall and a central small door and its oriel-windowed hall, but without Sudeley's later Southern Wing and with a curtain wall demarking the second courtyard instead. 348:
It was improved during the 17th century with the addition in 1615 of a pair of wings but was abandoned circa 1677. Thomas Machel visited the castle in 1677 and described it as
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at right shows what remained by the beginning of the 18th century. It was demolished between 1704 and 1744 for building stone which was used to repair Edenhall.
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Another sketch from 1692 shows a thick, high curtain wall enclosing a square outer court, with an inner court enclosed by three and four storey buildings. The
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mansum manerii ... Harcla quod prope Marchiam Scociae situatur et per Scotos inimicos nostros saepius ante haec tempora combustum extitit et destructum
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cellar for the former kitchen. The site currently houses a late-18th-century farmhouse and outbuildings.
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Apart from limited earthworks, all that remains now is a few metres of wall and stairs down to a
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and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p416
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for "hard ground" and may refer to the outcrop of land that the castle is built upon in the
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surrounded by buildings, and an outer court to the north protected by a thick and high
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A simple 3D impression of the castle from the 1677 description and the 1739 engraving
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and because our enemy the Scots have often burned and destroyed it.
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was confiscated circa 1315 from Roger de Clifford and granted to
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which roughly speaking says fortification was needed because
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A photo of the remains of the castle (requires registration)
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The 3D model viewed from the same direction as the engraving
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An aerial photo of the castle's site and Hartley village
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Kirkby Stephen
Cumbria

Hartley Castle is located in the former Eden District
Eden
Cumbria
Hartley Castle is located in Cumbria
Cumbria
54°28′10″N 2°20′18″W / 54.4694°N 2.3383°W / 54.4694; -2.3383
Grid reference
grid reference
NY78170828
Kirkby Stephen
Cumbria
manor
Andrew de Harcla
Old English
Eden valley
manor house
de Harcla
King Edward II
hanged, drawn and quartered
Robert the Bruce
earldom
Ralph de Neville
Thomas de Musgrave
licence to crenellate
King Edward III
Scottish Marches
quadrangle

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