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earthwork, Ponsonby
locality:-   Ponsonby
civil parish:-   Ponsonby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   earthwork
locality type:-   pele tower
coordinates:-   NY06050612
1Km square:-   NY0606
10Km square:-   NY00
references:-   Ford 1839

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 78 2) 
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.
"CAMP"
and earthworks 

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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
D4NY00NE.jpg
"Camp"
square within a square; roman fort 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

notes:-  
supposed garth to a pele tower

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

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