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| Wetheral Tower, Wetheral | ||
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| Wetheral Tower | ||
| locality:- | Wetheral | |
| civil parish:- | Wetheral (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tower | |
| locality type:- | castle (?) | |
| coordinates:- | NY46715329 (estimated) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4653 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 10) placename:- Wetheral Tower |
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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. "Wetheral Tower" |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Simpson 1746 placename:- Weatheral Tower item:- cave; hermit's cave |
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| source data:- | Atlas, three volumes of maps and descriptive text published as
'The Agreeable Historian, or the Compleat English Traveller
...', by Samuel Simpson, 1746. goto source"... On the other Side of the River [from Corby Castle], over-against the House, are the remains of an old castle, which is called Weatherel-Tower, under which is an Hermit's Cave. ..." |
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| hearsay:- |
The tower was demolished, bacause it was unsafe, within living memory. |
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