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Ruckcroft, Ainstable
Ruckcroft
civil parish:-   Ainstable (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY53224428 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5344
10Km square:-   NY54

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Ruccroft
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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"Ruccroft"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Puckcroft
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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"Puckcroft"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Rushcroft
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Rushcroft"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
Image © see bottom of page

notes:-  
A cup and ring marked stone was found somewhere here, and taken to a farmhouse for safe keeping.

Becckensall, Stan: 2002: Prehistoric Rock Art in Cumbria: Tempus Publishing (Stroud, Gloucestershire)

places:-  
NY53134444 Crown Inn (Ainstable)
NY53404421 High Farm (Ainstable)
NY53424413 High Fold (Ainstable)
NY53364402 Low Fold (Ainstable) L
NY53104449 Rose Farm (Ainstable)
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