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Low Grains, Bewcastle
Low Grains
civil parish:-   Bewcastle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY57617512
1Km square:-   NY5775
10Km square:-   NY57

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 8 3) 
placename:-  Low Grains
placename:-  Grains, Low
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 map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Low Grains
placename:-  Grains, Low
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.
image
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"Low Grains"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Low Grains
item:-  date stone (1754); date stone (1815)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"LOW GRAINS / / / BEWCASTLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78119 / NY5761275126"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WALL TO SOUTH EAST OF LOW GRAINS / / / BEWCASTLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78120 / NY5763675098"

notes:-  
bastle, ruin
Curwen mentions a smal pele belonging to the Armstrongs

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

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