Castle How, Wythop | ||
Castle How | ||
civil parish:- | Wythop (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | hill | |
coordinates:- | NY20143087 (etc) | |
1Km square:- | NY2030 | |
10Km square:- | NY23 | |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 3) placename:- Castle How |
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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. |
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evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) |
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source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto source Page 120:- "... a circular peninsula (Castle-how) that swells in the middle, and is crowned with wood. In former times it has been surrounded with water, by the lake on one side, and the assistance of a brook that descends from Embleton, on the other. The accessible parts have been defended by trenches, one above another. The upper part must have been occupied with building, as the vestiges of the ruins are visible; and like other such places in this region, they were probably secured by the first inhabitants, as places of difficult access, and of easy defence. ..." |
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evidence:- | old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) placename:- Castle How item:- earthwork |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or
Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter
Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800. CT06Vgn4.jpg "Castle How (Sir F. F. Vane's Bart.) with old Trenches upon it, dug out of the Solid Rock - Taken from Bassenthwaite Beck foot." item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.4 Image © see bottom of page |
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evidence:- | old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) placename:- Castlehow |
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source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or
Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter
Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800. CT6NY23A.jpg "Centre of Castlehow" item:- Armitt Library : 1959.191.4 Image © see bottom of page |
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