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Eskdale Moor, Eskdale
Eskdale Moor
Burnmoor
civil parish:-   Eskdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   moor
coordinates:-   NY18110374 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1803
10Km square:-   NY10

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 79 7) 
placename:-  Eskdale Moor
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

hearsay:-  
This area was inhabited long in the past, and was later an important meeting place.
People from Eskdale, Wasdale, and Miterdale valleys would celebrate Beltane here, with bonfires in May.

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