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| Heads Wood, Irthington | ||
| Heads Wood | ||
| locality:- | Hadrian's Wall | |
| civil parish:- | Irthington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY50336322 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5063 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY56 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Heads Wood |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY56SW.jpg "Heads Wood" block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| notes:- |
once supposed motte and bailey; now thought to be natural |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6 |
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