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| Dunwalloght Castle, Cumrew | ||
| Dunwalloght Castle | ||
| locality:- | Thorn Hill | |
| locality:- | Cumrew | |
| civil parish:- | Cumrew (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | earthwork (?) | |
| coordinates:- | NY55825521 (site) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5555 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY55 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 32 2) placename:- Dunwalloght Castle |
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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:- | old text:- Pennant 1773 item:- licence to crenellate |
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| source data:- | Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas
Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801. goto sourcePennant's Tour 1773, page 186 "... I went next through Cumrew, ... Some considerable ruins lie at a small distance from the church: they are supposed to be those of Dunwalloght, formerly the property of William lord Dacre of the north, who obtained licence from Edward I. to fortify and convert it into a castle. About this country are many of the black grous, which inhabit the small woods scattered over the neighbourhood. ..." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) placename:- Dunwalloght 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 204:- "..." "In the parish of Cumrew adjoining to that of Castle Carrock about a quarter of a mile south-east from the church are ruins of a large castle or building, situate on a rising ground very near the bottom of Cumrew fell. This seems to be Dunwalloght castle mentioned in Dugdale's Baronage, II. 22. as situate on the marches towards Scotland and belonging to the Dacres." |
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| notes:- |
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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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