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MONUMENT NO. 1389025

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Alleged site of `castle.' There are 14th century references to a capital messuage st Castlerigg, abandoned circa 1460. A reference of 1770 states that `Castlerigg, the ancient seat of the lords of the manor of Derwentwater...the castle went into ruins and with the stones... the Ratcliffs built an house of pleasure on one of the islands of Derwentwater.'

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