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Carling Knott, Loweswater
Carling Knott
civil parish:-   Loweswater (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY11712031
1Km square:-   NY1120
10Km square:-   NY12
altitude:-   1785 feet
altitude:-   544m

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BXK21.jpg (taken 23.9.2012)  
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BQJ19.jpg  Pile of stones on the summit.
(taken 1.4.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- Gents Mag 1751
placename:-  Carlin Knot
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Black Lead Mines in Cumberland, and area, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch, by George Smith, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.
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GM1303.jpg
"Carlin knot"
knobbly hillocks; mountains 
item:-  JandMN : 114
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Carling Knot
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P140, button  goto source
Page 140:-  "... [at Loweswater] Carling knot presents a broad pyramidal front, of swift ascent, covered with soft vegetation, and spotted with many aged solitary thorns."
evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856
placename:-  Carling Knot
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Buttermere - Mountains as seen from the Knots near the Hotel at Buttermere, and Mountains as seen at the Seat in Lanthwaite Wood, Scale Hill, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 18 Carling Knot ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.19
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Carling Knot
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from The Knots near the Victoria at Buttermere, and Mountains as seen at the Seat in Lanthwaite Wood, Scale Hill, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 18 Carling Knot ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.11
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