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| Barnscar, Muncaster | ||
| Barnscar | ||
| City of Barnscar | ||
| site name:- | Birker Moor | |
| civil parish:- | Muncaster (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | british settlement | |
| coordinates:- | SD13279590 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1395 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD19 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 83 9) placename:- Barnscar |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Barnscar (Site of Ancient British Settlement)" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- City of Barsea placename:- Barsea, City of |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4SD19NW.jpg "Remains of the City of Barsea" blocks and perhaps smal buildings item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) placename:- City of Barnscar |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the
mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be
visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the
district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick,
Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur
Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49,
latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes. goto sourcePage 82:- "A plot of ground near the foot of Devoke Water exhibits traces of numerous buildings in the form of streets. It is called the city of Barnscar." |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) placename:- City of Barnscar placename:- Barnscar |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by
Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W
Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William
Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman,
Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd,
Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839. goto source Page 13:- "..." "... On Birkby Fell, the antiquarian may find employment for his conjectural genius in researches among the ruins of the city of Barnscar, the site of which is an oblong of three hundred yards by" goto sourcePage 14:- "one hundred yards. Silver coins have been found in the ruins." |
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| hearsay:- |
Hut circles and enclosures. Collared urns, bronze age, have been found under some
of the cairns. |
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