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