Heritage At Risk

Lowther Castle, now derelict, is one of six additions to the English Heritage "at risk" register, published next month. The others are: Uxbridge Lido in west London, Birkrigg Stone Circle in Cumbria, Newbury Battlefield in Berkshire, Pindale lead mine in Derbyshire and Salcombe Cannon site off the Devon coast. For the first time the register will include monuments, archaeology, landscapes, places of worship and maritime wrecks, as well as Grade II listed buildings.