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Great Borne, Ennerdale and Kinniside
Great Borne
Scaw
civil parish:-   Ennerdale and Kinniside (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Loweswater (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY12391638
1Km square:-   NY1216
10Km square:-   NY11
altitude:-   2021 feet
altitude:-   616m
SummaryText:-   Scaw is the south slope of Great Borne.

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 68 8) 
placename:-  Great Borne
placename:-  Borne, Great
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.

evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856
placename:-  Scaw
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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"... 13 Scaw ... 15 Scaw ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.19
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evidence:-   probably outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Scaw
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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"... 13 Scaw ... 15 Scaw ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.11
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