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| Pap Castle | ||
| locality:- | Papcastle | |
| civil parish:- | Papcastle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | castle | |
| coordinates:- | NY109314 (estimated, roughly) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1031 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Pap 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:- "..." "21. PAP CASTLE. - Said to be begun by Stilco the Roman General, and finished afterwards by the Romans, (Horsley.)" "..." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) placename:- Pap Castle placename:- Pipard's Castle |
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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 183:- "..." "Pap castle, perhaps contracted from Pipard its owner, is said to have been demolished, and the materials employed to build Cockermouth castle. It is in Bridekirk parish, which is a large one." |
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| evidence:- | text:- Jackson 1990 placename:- Pab Castre placename:- Pap Castre placename:- Papscastle placename:- Pipards Castle placename:- Pipers Castle |
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| hearsay:- |
Gilbert Pipard, a judge in the time of Henry II, built Pipard's Castle on the roman
fort site, which explains the village name Papcastle. |
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| notes:- |
Supposed castle site within the roman fort |
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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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