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Dunwalloght Castle, Cumrew
Dunwalloght Castle
locality:-   Thorn Hill
locality:-   Cumrew
civil parish:-   Cumrew (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   earthwork (?) 
coordinates:-   NY55825521 (site) 
1Km square:-   NY5555
10Km square:-   NY55

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 32 2) 
placename:-  Dunwalloght Castle
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.

evidence:-   old text:- Pennant 1773
item:-  licence to crenellate
source data:-   Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.
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Pennant's Tour 1773, page 186  "... I went next through Cumrew, ... Some considerable ruins lie at a small distance from the church: they are supposed to be those of Dunwalloght, formerly the property of William lord Dacre of the north, who obtained licence from Edward I. to fortify and convert it into a castle. About this country are many of the black grous, which inhabit the small woods scattered over the neighbourhood. ..."

evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Dunwalloght Castle
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 204:-  "..."
"In the parish of Cumrew adjoining to that of Castle Carrock about a quarter of a mile south-east from the church are ruins of a large castle or building, situate on a rising ground very near the bottom of Cumrew fell. This seems to be Dunwalloght castle mentioned in Dugdale's Baronage, II. 22. as situate on the marches towards Scotland and belonging to the Dacres."

notes:-  


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

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