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Blackpool Gate

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Blackpoolgate; Whelpdale Holme; Bewcastle Fells; Quelpdale; Quelpedale; Holmefoot

In the civil parish of Bewcastle.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).

Remains of a bastle, probably built in the late C16. A single wall survives, against which a later building, now roofless, has been constructed. Shown as Quelpedale on map of 1607.

This site has been described as a;
Bastle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.


The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY53407785

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from streetmap logo

Good for general location

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PastScape number; 12947

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 5643

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