MONUMENT NO. 13088

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Possible site of a tower at Cumcrook, marked on a map of 1590.

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[Name centred NY 50407495] A map in the British Museum, dated December 1590, has marked 'Comcrook' with a tower symbol. (1)

There are no visible remains of a tower at Cumcrook and no local tradition of one. The present farmhouse has the outward appearance of a bastle but the tenant says that it contains no extra thick walls. (2)

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( 1a) General reference

BM.Royal MssTract addressed to Lord BurghleyAD 1590.

( 1) General reference

Hist & Ant of Roxb IV 1864 facsimile of map232 (A.Jeffrey)

( 2) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RE 16-MAR-72

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