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Martin Tarn Castle, Woodside
Martin Tarn Castle
Wigton Tarn Castle
locality:-   Tarnside
civil parish:-   Woodside (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   folly
coordinates:-   NY257517 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY2551
10Km square:-   NY25

evidence:-   probably old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
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?tower E of Martin Tarn 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

notes:-  
Folly, perhaps an octagonal summer house

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

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