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Spire, Colton
civil parish:-   Colton (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   monument
coordinates:-   SD35648644
1Km square:-   SD3586
10Km square:-   SD38
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Spire, The
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"THE SPIRE / / / COLTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421446 / SD3564386440"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Monument. Possibly c.1800. Coursed stone rubble. Rectangular-plan base, plinth with simple 'mouldings' of projecting courses. Recess to north-east face, possibly for inscribed panel. Short rectangular plan obelisk. History unknown but possibly built by James King of Finsthwaite House, who built the nearby Pennington Lodge Tower (q.v.)."

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