Codger Fort
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Description
"Built in 1769 by John Codling, parish clerk of Kirkwhelpington Church, for Sir Walter Calverley Blackett of Wallington Hall, although there is a tradition that a defensive structure was first built here in 1745 to repel Jacobite invasion from Scotland http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRNMAP=N10802 He also created Rothley Lakes [[1899823]] and built Rothley Castle, another folly or eye-catcher, on the craggy hill to the south [[718619]]" Photo by Andrew Curtis, 2010. -
Owner
Andrew Curtis -
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License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1940025
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 6 years, 3 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2010-06-02 -
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