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| cairn, Stainton | ||
| locality:- | Stainton | |
| civil parish:- | Dacre (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | cairn | |
| locality type:- | battle site | |
| coordinates:- | NY49212819 (guess) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4928 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY42 | |
| references:- | Clarke 1787 |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 item:- battle |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 22:- "..." "WE will next proceed [from Penrith] towards Ulswater, ... A little beyond the second mile-post there is, on the left-hand of the road, an ancient cairn, said to have been raised over a Roman General who was interred here, of whom Johnston gives the following account." goto sourcePage 23:- "A British Commander, by name, Mountfall, with a few brave followers, made a stand here against the Romans. A long and desperate conflict ensued, in which the fortune of the day was for some time uncertain: at length the Romans prevailed, and the Britons were obliged to retire to the mountains, with very great loss. The Commanders on both sides were slain, and the Roman appears to have been buried here. Upon digging into this cairn, some bones, urns, and broken weapons were found." |
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