Pendragon Castle is a ruin in Mallerstang Dale, Cumbria, near Kirkby Stephen and the hamlet of Outhgill. It stands above a bend in the River Eden and is Grade I listed. It dates from the 12th century and is credited to Ranulph de Meschines in the reign of William Rufus, though legend names Uther Pendragon.
Surviving features include a Norman keep, a 14th-century garderobe turret and additions of the 17th century. Lady Anne Clifford rebuilt it in 1660, adding a brewhouse, a bakehouse, stables and a coach-house. By the 1770s much of the upper structure had collapsed.
It was sold at auction in 1962 and is privately owned. It sits on farmland. The exterior can be visited, but visitors are warned not to enter the walls.
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