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placename:-
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Castlesteads
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site name:-
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Helm, The
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parish
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Stainton parish, once in
Westmorland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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earthwork
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coordinates:-
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SD530887
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10Km square:-
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SD58
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1Km square |
SD5388 |
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old map:- |
OS County Series (Wmd 39
13)
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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. |
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Castle Steads (CASTRUM EXPLORATORIUM)
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placename:-
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Castle Steads
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other name:-
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Castrum Exploratorium
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date:-
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1890=1899
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period:-
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19th century, late; 1890s
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old text:- |
Camden 1789 (Gough
Additions)
-- probably relevant
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Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the
Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by
William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. |
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Page 152:-
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About a mile and an half from this fort was the castrum
exploratorum, now called Castle Steeds, 60 feet by 120,
having two ditches on the south end and three on the north;
the other sides steep. At the bottom of the hill a large
spring.
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placename:-
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Castle Steeds
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date:-
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1789
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s
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descriptive text:- |
West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
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Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West,
published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once
Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821. |
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goto source.
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Page 14:-
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... the castellum on the summit of a hill that rises
immediately above Watercrook, at present called Castle
Steads.
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goto source.
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Page 184:-
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... on the crest of a green hill, on the left, called Helm,
are the vestiges of a castellum, called Castle-steads,
which, during the residence of the watchmen at Watercrook,
corresponded (by smoke in the day, and flame in the night)
with the garrison at Lancaster, by the beacon on
Warton-crag. There is a house at a distance to the north,
called Watch-house, where Roman coins have been found.
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placename:-
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Castle Steads
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date:-
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1778
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1770s
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old print:- |
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Print, uncoloured engraving, plan of Castlesteads on The
Helm, published by Hudson and Nicholson, Kendal,
Westmorland, 1832.
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On p.14 of The Annals of Kendal by Cornelius
Nicholson.
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placename:-
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Castlesteads
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date:-
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1832
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period:-
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19th century, early
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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