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Antonstown, Bewcastle
Antonstown
locality:-  
civil parish:-   Bewcastle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   building/s (ruins) 
coordinates:-   NY57267769 (?) 
1Km square:-   NY5777
10Km square:-   NY57

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 4 14) 
placename:-  Antonstone
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.
"Anstonstone (Ruins)"

evidence:-   probably old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Antons Onset
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.
image
D4NY57NE.jpg
"Antons Onset"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

notes:-  
Ruins of a bastle

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6

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