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Daffenside Beacon, Kirkoswald
Daffenside Beacon
site name:-   Little Daffenside
locality:-   Thack Moor
civil parish:-   Kirkoswald (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   beacon
coordinates:-   NY64794371
1Km square:-   NY6443
10Km square:-   NY64
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 41) 
placename:-  Daffenside Beacon
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.
"Daffenside Beacon (Remains of)"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Daffenside Beacon
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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"Daffenside Beacon"
hill hachuring; a hill or mountain 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Cooper 1808
placename:-  Daffenside Beacon
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by Cooper, published by R Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808.
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"Daffenside Beacon"
hill hachuring; mountain or hill 
item:-  JandMN : 86
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Daffenside Beacon
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Daffenside Beacon"
Tower symbol. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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