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Castle How hillfort, Wythop
Castle How
civil parish:-   Wythop (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hillfort
coordinates:-   NY20163082 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY2030
10Km square:-   NY23
SummaryText:-   Multivallate hillfort.
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P120, button  goto source
Page 120:-  "... a circular peninsula (Castle-how) that swells in the middle, and is crowned with wood. In former times it has been surrounded with water, by the lake on one side, and the assistance of a brook that descends from Embleton, on the other. The accessible parts have been defended by trenches, one above another. The upper part must have been occupied with building, as the vestiges of the ruins are visible; and like other such places in this region, they were probably secured by the first inhabitants, as places of difficult access, and of easy defence. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) 
placename:-  Castle How
item:-  earthwork
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Castle How (Sir F. F. Vane's Bart.) with old Trenches upon it, dug out of the Solid Rock - Taken from Bassenthwaite Beck foot."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
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