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Willie Toms Tower
Hob Uid: 11685
Location : Cumbria Carlisle Solport
Grid Ref : NY4900073000
Summary : Possible site of a tower, marked on a map of 1590, marked as a tower and house as `Nether Lockenes' on the 1607 plot. Possibly a pele or bastle.
More information : [Marginal] A map in the British Museum, dated December 1590, has marked 'Willie Tom's' with a tower symbol. It is marked on the west bank of the Black Lyne opposite Harperhill [Cumb.7SE1] and slightly north of it, possibly between Gibstown [NY489 720] and Malls Burn [NY490736] (1) Listed. (2)

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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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Vol(s) : vol.29

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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Recorded in 1590
Monument End Date : 1590
Monument Start Date : 1590
Monument Type : Fortified House, Bastle, Pele Tower
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 47 SE 5
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