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This stone building, which is clearly shown on the first Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map of the area published in 1865, was described in the 'Monkseaton Conservation Area Character Appraisal', published by North Tyneside Council in October 2006 as, "an important example of the more diminutive outhouses and cottages which must have characterised Bygate Road, Back Lane and The Fold before suburbanisation". During the 1840s it was said to have been known known as "Ramsay's Fort" because the owner, a certain Robert Ramsay, was supposed to have two imitation cannons on the roof, with the intention of frightening away the French should they ever invade". For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit Link