Plasketlands
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 Plasketlands Farm, c. 2005 |
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| OS grid reference | NY103466 |
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| Civil parish | Holme St Cuthbert |
| District | Allerdale |
| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MARYPORT |
| Postcode district | CA15 |
| Dialling code | 01900 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Workington |
Coordinates: 54°48′25″N 3°23′42″W / 54.807°N 3.395°W
Plasketlands is a small settlement in the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert[1] in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is located approximately a quarter-of-a-mile south-west of Goodyhills, a quarter-of-a-mile to the south of the hamlet of Holme St. Cuthbert, and one-and-a-half miles east of Mawbray. Carlisle, Cumbria's county town, is twenty-four miles away to the north-east. The settlement is divided into two distinct parts: High Plasketlands and Plasketlands.[2] Jordan beck, a tributary of the Black Dub beck, flows through Plasketlands on its way to Allonby Bay.
History and etymology
The name Plasketlands comes from the Old English plashet, meaning "a fence of living wood". It was historically spelled several different ways, including Plassegaytt, Plaskitlands, Plascade-lands, and Plesketh Landes.[3]
Evidence of settlement at Plasketlands goes back thousands of years. A palisade of posts at Plasketlands has been radiocarbon dated to somewhere between 4000 BC and 2500 BC.[4]
References
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- ↑ "Cumbria Atlas (w/ parish boundaries enabled)". Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ "Google Maps - Plasketlands". Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Holme St. Cuthbert History Group (2004). Plain People: Bygone Times on the Solway Plain. ISBN 0954882318.
- ↑ "Liverpool museums: Prehistoric period resource assessment" (PDF). Retrieved 7 August 2015.