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| Maiden Castle, Stainmore | ||
| Maiden Castle | ||
| civil parish:- | Stainmore (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | roman fort | |
| coordinates:- | NY87221315 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY8713 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY81 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 24) placename:- Maiden Castle |
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| 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. "Maiden Castle" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag item:- placename, Maiden Castle |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1755 p.198 "Mr URBAN, Hemingburgh, April 26." "WE meet with a short account in some historians of the Maiden Castle, and Maiden Way, in the county of Westmoreland, both which are affirm'd to be Roman. (See particularly Magna Brit. Westmoreland, p. 23) Likewise, in a MS. history of that county by the Rev. Mr Thomas Machel, rector of Kirkby-Thor, we have further mention of the Maiden Hold on Speedy-Moor, near Crackenthorpe. Now, Sir, I would gladly be informed by some of your antiquarian correspondents, in your next Magazine, whence arose the above denomination. Yours, &c Lasenbyensis." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Maiden Castle |
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| source data:- | Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1
mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas
Jefferys, London, 1770. J5NY81SE.jpg "Maiden Castle" fort, plan view item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) placename:- Maiden Castle |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24NY81.jpg "Maiden Castle" roman fort item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | site plan:- Historical Monuments 1936 placename:- Maiden Castle |
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| source data:- | Site plan, uncoloured lithograph, Maiden Castle, Stainmore, Westmorland, scale about
1 to 1300, published by Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, London,
1936. click to enlargeHMW128.jpg On p.216 of the Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland. printed, top "MAIDEN CASTLE / In Stainmore parish" RCHME no. Wmd, Stainmore 1 item:- Armitt Library : A745.129 Image © see bottom of page |
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