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coffin rest, Lamplugh
locality:-   Millgillhead
locality:-   Lamplugh
civil parish:-   Lamplugh (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   coffin rest
locality type:-   sundial (?) 
coordinates:-   NY08132072
1Km square:-   NY0820
10Km square:-   NY02
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


photograph
CCU17.jpg (taken 10.4.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 62 14) 
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.
"Sundial"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
item:-  sundial
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"COFFIN REST AT LOW MILLGILLHEAD IN GARDEN CIRCA 35 YARDS NORTH EAST OF HOUSE / / / LAMPLUGH / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76256 / NY0813420726"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Coffin rest; C18(?) with later additions and alterations. Drystone plinth c3 ft high, 8 1/2 ft long and 4 1/2 ft wide topped with slab and with wall built over north side. Monolithic central sandstone shaft c4 1/2 ft high has stop chamfers and may be re-used sundial shaft."

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