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Fort Putnam, Dacre
Fort Putnam
civil parish:-   Dacre (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   folly
coordinates:-   NY45193094
1Km square:-   NY4530
10Km square:-   NY43


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BQG02.jpg (taken 14.3.2009)  
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BQG03.jpg (taken 14.3.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 2) 
placename:-  Fort Putnam
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:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Fort Putnam
item:-  date stone (1892)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"FORT PUTNAM FARMHOUSE, BARNS, BYRES, COW HOUSE, WALL AND GATEWAY / / / DACRE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73778 / NY4519730940"


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BRC74.jpg (taken 20.7.2009)  

hearsay:-  
Named after General Israel 'Puffing' Putnam.

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