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Fellbarrow, Loweswater
Fellbarrow
civil parish:-   Loweswater (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Blindbothel (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   boundary feature
locality type:-   parish boundary feature
coordinates:-   NY13212425
1Km square:-   NY1324
10Km square:-   NY12
altitude:-   1364 feet
altitude:-   416m


photograph
BXK16.jpg (taken 23.9.2012)  
well; it's very neat little pile of stones.

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 62 4) 
placename:-  Fellbarrow
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.
"Fellbarrow / Pile of Stones/ Md"
and a trig point symbol 

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Gents Mag 1751
placename:-  Dick Knave
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.
image
GM1303.jpg
"Dick knave"
knobbly hillocks; mountains 
item:-  JandMN : 114
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