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Monument Number 11678
Hob Uid: 11678
Location : Cumbria Carlisle Kirkandrews
Grid Ref : NY4087075020
Summary : A stonehouse or bastle is depicted as a tower called `ye Rydings' on the 1590 map of Cumbria, and as a dwelling called `Ridding howme' on the plot of 1607. The owner of the Ridings notes that there is a pile of overgrown rubble northo f the farm on the site of an old railway siding, but within the wood, which may be the site of the stonehouse.
More information : [Area centred NY 40877502] A map in the British Museum, dated December 1590, has marked 'Ye Rydings' with a tower symbol. (1)

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Source details : Hist and Ant of Roxb IV 1864 facsimile of map 232 (A.Jeffrey)
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : BM Royal MSS Tract addressed to Lord Burghley AD 1590
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Source Number : 2
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Page(s) : 239
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Vol(s) : vol.29

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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1699
Monument Start Date : 1550
Monument Type : Bastle, Fortified House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 47 NW 2
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Monument Number 11678