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Grey Knotts, Borrowdale
Grey Knotts
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY21721256
1Km square:-   NY2112
10Km square:-   NY21
altitude:-   2287 feet
altitude:-   697m


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BMR50.jpg  From east summit of Grey Knotts,
Pillar, Hay Stacks, High Crag, High Stile, etc.
(taken 22.9.2006)  
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BMR52.jpg  From side of the hill,
Pillar, Hay Stacks, High Crag, High Stile, etc.
(taken 22.9.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 69 16) 
placename:-  Grey Knotts
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:- Jenkinson 1875
placename:-  Grey Knotts
source data:-   Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Scawfell Pike, Cumberland, by Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875.
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"... Grey Knotts ..."
item:-  JandMN : 28.9
Image © see bottom of page


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BMR54.jpg  From west summit,
Ennerdale Water, Buttermere, Crummock Water, and mountains.
(taken 22.9.2006)  
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BMR49.jpg  Moss on the west side of the hill, perhaps Rhacomitrium lanuginosum?
(taken 22.9.2006)  
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BMR51.jpg  Moss on the west side of the hill, perhaps Dicrenella squarrosa??
(taken 22.9.2006)  

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