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| castle, Castle Carrock | ||
| locality:- | Castle Carrock | |
| civil parish:- | Castle Carrock (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | castle (site) | |
| coordinates:- | NY54435542 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5455 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY55 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 25 5) |
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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. "Supposed site of Castle" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Sanson 1679 placename:- Carock |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland
aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of
Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about 9.5 miles
to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679. click to enlargeSAN2Cm.jpg "Carock" circle, two towers, flag; castle item:- Dove Cottage : 2007.38.15 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Castlecarrock Castle |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 105:- "..." "I do not find any ancient authors mention a castle here [Castlerigg], Speed, who speaks of twenty-five in Cumberland, hath found out every one I ever heard or knew of, except Kirkoswald; how that has escaped him I cannot tell. I shall here put down their names, and, as well as I can, their most ancient owners, and supposed founders." "..." goto sourcePage 106:- "..." "6. CASTELCARROCK, - By Robert de Castle Carrock, in the time of Henry III." "..." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) |
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| source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto source Page 204:- "... On an eminence about two miles hence is Castle Carrock or Crag, a square vallum of loose stones, each side 120 paces wide." |
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| notes:- |
supposed castle, earthworks, perhaps a moated manor |
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| Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS::
ISBN 1 873124 23 6 |
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