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Aldingham Motte, Aldingham
Aldingham Motte
locality:-   Moat Hill
locality:-   Aldingham
civil parish:-   Aldingham (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   motte and bailey
locality type:-   castle
coordinates:-   SD27786983
1Km square:-   SD2769
10Km square:-   SD26
SummaryText:-   Motte and bailey
references:-   Jackson 1990

evidence:-   old print:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Aldingham Motte
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Aldingham Motte, south side, Aldingham, Lancashire, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
image  click to enlarge
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Tipped in opposite p.36 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.9
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   site plan:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Aldingham Motte
source data:-   Site plan, lithograph, Aldingham Motte, Aldingham, Lancashire, scale about 1 to 5200, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
image  click to enlarge
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On p.34 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at upper left:-  "Aldingham Motte: / Lancashire."
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.8
Image © see bottom of page

notes:-  
motte and bailey

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6

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