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castle, Wreay
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Petteril Wreay Castle
locality:-   Inglewood Forest
locality:-   Wreay
civil parish:-   St Cuthbert Without (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   castle (gone?) 
1Km square:-   NY4348
10Km square:-   NY44

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Petterell Wrey
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Building with two towers, symbol for a castle.  "Petterell wrey"
Castle? 
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   probably old map:- Jenner 1643
placename:-  Pettwray Castle
source data:-   Tables of distances with a maps, Westmerland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 21 miles to 1 inch, published by Thomas Jenner, London, 1643; published 1643-80.
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"Pettwray ca"
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evidence:-   probably old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Castle Luen
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.
image CAM2P189, button  goto source
Page 189:-  "..."
""Yn the forest of Ynglewood, vi myls from Caerluel, appere ruins of a castel, called Castle Luen.""

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