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Aikton Castle, Great Salkeld
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Aikton Castle
civil parish:-   Great Salkeld (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   castle (site) 
coordinates:-   NY54803801 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5438
10Km square:-   NY53

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 40 14) 
placename:-  Aikton Castle
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.
"Site of / Aikton Castle"

notes:-  
site of supposed castle

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6

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