Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| motte, Irthington | ||
| locality:- | Irthington | |
| civil parish:- | Irthington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | motte | |
| coordinates:- | NY49946151 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4961 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY46 | |
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 BOX23.jpg (taken 29.3.2008) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 17 7) |
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| 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. "Castle (Site of)" |
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| hearsay:- |
Robert de Vaux, Baron of Gilsland, had his castle here in early norman times. King
John stayed here in 1201. |
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| notes:- |
motte; site of a manor house, now demolished; |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6; illustration |
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