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Black Shield House, Kingwater
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Black Shield House
locality:-   Spadeadam Waste
civil parish:-   Kingwater (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY69067181 (guess) 
1Km square:-   NY6971
10Km square:-   NY67
SummaryText:-   perhaps the shieling that was hereabouts
references:-   Donald 1774

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Black Shield House
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.
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"Black Shield House"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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