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castle, Castle Carrock
locality:-   Castle Carrock
civil parish:-   Castle Carrock (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   castle (site) 
coordinates:-   NY54435542
1Km square:-   NY5455
10Km square:-   NY55
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 25 5) 
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.
"Supposed site of Castle"

evidence:-   old map:- Sanson 1679
placename:-  Carock
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
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"Carock"
circle, two towers, flag; castle 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Castlecarrock Castle
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 105:-  "..."
"I do not find any ancient authors mention a castle here [Castlerigg], Speed, who speaks of twenty-five in Cumberland, hath found out every one I ever heard or knew of, except Kirkoswald; how that has escaped him I cannot tell. I shall here put down their names, and, as well as I can, their most ancient owners, and supposed founders."
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Page 106:-  "..."
"6. CASTELCARROCK, - By Robert de Castle Carrock, in the time of Henry III."
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evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 204:-  "... On an eminence about two miles hence is Castle Carrock or Crag, a square vallum of loose stones, each side 120 paces wide."

notes:-  
supposed castle, earthworks, perhaps a moated manor

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

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