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Cross Stone, Casterton
Cross Stone
Barbon Cross
civil parish:-   Casterton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   cross
locality type:-   standing stone (?) 
coordinates:-   SD62688100
1Km square:-   SD6280
10Km square:-   SD68

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 48 1) 
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.
"Standing Stone"

evidence:-   old print:- Calverley 1899
item:-  crossstanding stoneBarbon Cross
source data:-   Sketch by W G Collingwood.
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Found in a field and erected here somewhen before 1859. 
item:-  JandMN : 190
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old drawing:- 
item:-  cross
source data:-   Drawing, Casterton Standing Stone, the cross stone, Barbon, Westmorland, by William Gershom Collingwood, 20 May 1899.
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Sketch of the front and side of a cross or standing stone. 
Drawn to illustrate Notes on the Early Sculptured Crosses, Shrines and Monuments in the Present Diocese of Carlisle, by Rev William Slater Calverley, published by T Wilson, Kendal 1899; opposite p.131. 
initialled &dated at bottom centre:-  "W.G.C. May 20 1899"
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1902.18.3
Image © Tullie House Museum

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