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| Crew Castle, Bewcastle | ||
| Crew Castle | ||
| locality:- | Crew | |
| civil parish:- | Bewcastle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | bastle house | |
| locality type:- | castle (?) | |
| locality type:- | sheepfold | |
| coordinates:- | NY56847787 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5677 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY57 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 4 14) placename:- Crew Castle |
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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. "Crew Castle (Ruins) / Sheepfold" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Crew Castle |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CREW CASTLE / / / BEWCASTLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78116 / NY5684977876" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Sheep pen, formerly bastle house. Mentioned in 1583 as the house of Will Noble. Large blocks of calciferous sandstone rubble on projecting plinth stones with large flush quoins. Walls'over 1 1/2 metres thick standing to ground floor height only. South entrance has large jamb stones, similar north entrance now blocked. South and west walls have probable gun loops, circular section at narrowest part, splayed on outer wall. North and east walls are covered with demolition rubble on outside, floor concreted over. See Curwen, Castles & Towers of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1913, p364; Transactions Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &Archaeological Society, new series, vol x, pplo2-lo6. Listing excludes adjoining pens." |
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| hearsay:- |
Will Noble of the Crew is mentioned in 1583. |
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| notes:- |
Ruins of a bastle, or a tower |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration |
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