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| cock pit, Scales | ||
| locality:- | Scales | |
| civil parish:- | Aldingham (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | cock pit | |
| locality type:- | folly | |
| coordinates:- | SD27107261 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2772 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 CCI90.jpg (taken 5.2.2015) courtesy of the farmer  CCI91.jpg (taken 5.2.2015) courtesy of the farmer |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "COCKPIT IN FIELD TO NORTH OF VILLAGE / / / ALDINGHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 434278 / SD2710872610" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "One of 2 cockpits built in the mid C19 for the Huddleston family; part of a group of buildings erected as follies. Said to have been used for (illegal) cock fights. Drystone construction with battered walls and stone vault. Circular in plan c10 ft high. Low entrance, with semicircular head, faces north and overlooks another cockpit (listed separately)." |
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