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Trough Head, Solport
Trough Head
civil parish:-   Solport (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY47987518
1Km square:-   NY4775
10Km square:-   NY47

evidence:-   old map:- Burghley 1590 (facsimile) 
placename:-  Troughead
source data:-   Facsimile map, A Platt of the Opposete Border of Scotland to ye West Marches of England, parts of Cumberland and Scotland including the Debateable Land, from a manuscript drawn for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, about 1590, published by R B Armstrong, 1897.
courtesy of the National Library of Scotland
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"Troughead"
circle, tower 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : MS6113 f.267
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Trough Head
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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"Trough Head"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

notes:-  
site of a tower or early stone house

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

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