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Castlesteads, Lowther Park
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Castlesteads
locality:-   Lowther Park
civil parish:-   Lowther (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   motte and bailey (?) 
locality type:-   castle (?) 
locality type:-   pele tower (?) 
locality type:-   earthwork
coordinates:-   NY51892413
1Km square:-   NY5124
10Km square:-   NY52
SummaryText:-   Possible motte or pele site?
references:-   Jackson 1990

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 7 8) 
placename:-  Castle Stead
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 Stead"
rectangular earthwork, not like a motte or a pele? 

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