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Page 65:-
lowest vallies, the highest point is 3000 feet above Wast Water.
The lower of these points, lying to the south-west, is a bulky
mountain - the proper Scawfell; the higher rising from a narrower
base, has been called the Pikes. For want of a designation
sufficiently explicit, strangers have sometimes been mistakenly
directed to the secondary point; and to cross the deep chasm of
Mickle Door, by which they are separated, is a work of
considerable difficulty; although the direct distance does not
exceed three quarters of a mile. Latterly however, it seems by
common consent, the highest point is called Scawfell-Pikes; and
since the erection of the large pile and staff upon it in 1826,
there is no danger of mistaking the place.
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geology
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Excepting some tufts of moss, very little vegetation is to be
seen upon these summits. They are chiefly composed of rocks, and
large blocks of stone piled one upon another; and their
weather-worn surfaces prove that they have long remained in their
present state. The prevailing rock is a kind of indurated slate,
in layers of finer and coarser materials, which gives to the
surface a ribbed or furrowed appearance; the finer parts are
compact and hard as flint: and here the lichen
geographicus appears in peculiar beauty.
Scawfell-Pikes may be ascended on foot from any of the adjacent
vales, but most conveniently from Borrowdale; yet the distance
from a place of en-
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-- "Mickle Door" -- Mickledor
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-- "Scawfell" -- Sca Fell
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-- "Scawfell Pike" -- Scafell Pike
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