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roman fort, New Hutton
Castrum Exploratorium
Coneybeds
civil parish:-   New Hutton (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   roman fort
coordinates:-   SD53619081 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD5390
10Km square:-   SD59
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 39 9) 
placename:-  Coney Beds
placename:-  Castrum Exploratorum
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.
"Coney Beds / CASTRUM EXPLORATORIUM"

evidence:-   old print:- 
placename:-  Coneybeds
item:-  roman
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, plan of roman fort at Coneybeds on Hay Fell, published by Hudson and Nicholson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1832.
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On p.16 of The Annals of Kendal by Cornelius Nicholson. 
item:-  private collection : 125.8
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