Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| dovecote, Bunkershill | ||
| locality:- | Bunkershill | |
| civil parish:- | Beaumont (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | dovecote | |
| coordinates:- | NY36715473 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3654 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "DOVECOTE NORTH OF BUNKERSHILL / / ORTON ROAD / BEAUMONT / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78213 / NY3671654733" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Former Dovecote. Late C18 or early C19. Mixed river cobbles and red sandstone rubble, graduated Welsh slate roof and glover. 2 storeys, circular plan. Plank doors on ground floor and loft to rear. Roof re-slated in early 1970s, glover with louvred wooden slats. Interior retains its original brick boulins for approximately 500 nests. See Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &Archaeological Society, old series, ix, pp424-5." |
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| hearsay:- |
Circular, 560 nests. |
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