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High Haume, Askam and Ireleth
High Haume
High Haulme
civil parish:-   Askam and Ireleth (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   SD22647611
1Km square:-   SD2276
10Km square:-   SD27
altitude:-   512 feet
altitude:-   156m

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16 9) 
placename:-  High Haume
placename:-  Haume, High
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.
"High Haume / Beacon"

notes:-  
possible site of a moat

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

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