Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| stone circle, Castle Head | ||
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| site name:- | Castle Head | |
| civil parish:- | Keswick (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | stone circle | |
| coordinates:- | NY269227 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2622 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Martineau 1855 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet
Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland,
and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76. goto sourcePage 74:- "... The uppermost thought at all points about the foot of the lake [Derwent Water] is of the Derwentwater family. They had once a castle on the hill called Castlehead, where they built upon the site of a Druidical circle. ..." |
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