Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	earthwork, Barton
	Tristamont
	Trostormont
	Trostermosit
	Triesmont
locality:-	Hodgson Hill
civil parish:-	Barton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	earthwork
coordinates:-	NY46402330 (about)
1Km square:-	NY4623
10Km square:-	NY42
evidence:-	old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)  placename:-  Trostermont
source data:-	Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695. MD10NY42.jpg "Trostermont" Circle and tower, within Barton Park.  item:-  JandMN : 24 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	probably old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:-  Trester Mount
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. FD02NY42.jpg "Trester Mt." item:-  JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-	site plan:- Curwen 1913 placename:-  Tristermont placename:-  Trostermont on Ullswater
source data:-	Site plan, lithograph, Plan of Tristermont, or Trostermont on Ullswater, at Cross Dormont, Barton, Westmorland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.   click to enlarge CW0111.jpg On p.48 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen.  printed at upper left:-  "PLAN OF TRISTERMONT." item:-  Armitt Library : A782.11 Image © see bottom of page
hearsay:-	Said to have been the home of Sir Tristram.
notes:-	earthwork
	Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; illustration

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