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Parish of Simondburn Sheet 84 Plan 65

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Sewingshields Crags Sewingshields Crags Mr. Errington. F. Sewing Shields 48 Chains S W of A Cliff of Basaltic rocks forming a natural support
Sewingshields Crags Mr W Taylor Upper Town the Camp to the Roman Wall, which is at various distances
Sewingshields Crags Mr J Dixon Coldknuckles from the rocks. the cliffs extends west
from Sewingshields (farmhouse)
Sewingshields Castle Sewingshields Castle Mr Errington 29 Chains West of the The site of an ancient Castle situated in an
(Site of) (Site of) Camp arable field north of Sewingshields farmhouse. a great
Sewingshields Castle Mr W Taylor quantity of the stone which formed the Castle have
(Site of) been used in the erection of the wall which surrounds
Sewingshields Castle Mr J Dixon the site of the ancient structure. I was unable to obtain
(Site of) any information more than a Castle occupied the
Site Shewn on Traces
"About 3 furlongs further west and about the same
distance north ot the Wall is the site of Sewingshields Castle, no
remains are now to be seen except traces of a ditch on the North
and East , and some excavations like Ponds" McLauchlan Memoir of
Roman Wall P 37
Hodgson Vol 2. " on the flats to the North of the
Crags there formerly stood the
Border Fortress Sewingshields Castle, but it is now
entirely removed"
Hemmel Rigg Hemmel Rigg Mr Errington 15 Chains North East An eminence north of
Hemmel Rigg Mr W Taylor of the Camp Sewingshields Crags
Hemmel Rigg Mr J Dixon
John Davison
Sapper Royal Engineers

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