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Roanstrees, Bewcastle
Roanstrees
Roantrees
civil parish:-   Bewcastle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY51847823
1Km square:-   NY5178
10Km square:-   NY57


photograph
BSW19.jpg (taken 4.6.2010)  
photograph
BSW20.jpg  Date stone:-
"J D / 1832" (taken 4.6.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 3 12) 
placename:-  Roanstrees
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:-  Roantrees
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.
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D4NY57NW.jpg
"Roantrees"
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
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ROUND HOUSE IN CENTRE OF FARMYARD AT ROANSTREES / / / BEWCASTLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78123 / NY5185078241"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
item:-  date stone (1832)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARN TO WEST OF ROANSTRESS / / / BEWCASTLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78124 / NY5186878218"


photograph
BSW21.jpg  Store.
(taken 4.6.2010)  
This is said to have been built by a stone mason in answer to a challenge. The roof is corbelled, no roof timbers.

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