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| Hazelgill Crag, Askerton | ||
| Hazelgill Crag | ||
| locality:- | Highgrains Waste | |
| civil parish:- | Askerton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| locality type:- | runic inscription | |
| coordinates:- | NY59607597 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5975 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY57 | |
| altitude:- | 1211 feet | |
| altitude:- | 369m | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- placename:- Hessilgil Crag item:- runes; inscription, runic |
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| source data:- | Maughan, John, Rev: 1875: Runic Inscription on Hessilgil Crag ...: TransCWAAS: vol.1:
pp.318-321 "During the summer of 1872,a Scandinavian Runic Inscription was discovered by a shepherd,
named John Davidson, on one of the Hessilgil Crags, on the Highgrains Farm, in the
parish of Lanercost, in the county of Cumberland." "... In a modern notation it reads thus:" "ASKRHRITAHAFTGILHIMTHIGA / HESSIL LIT" "askr hritah aft Gil himthiga Hessil (lit)" "'Askr wrote this in memory of the son of his companion Hessil'" |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Calverley 1899 item:- runes; Hazelgill Crag; Hessilsill Crag; Ask; Gil; Hessil |
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| source data:- | On Hazelgill or Hessilsill Crag:- click to enlargeCV1034.jpg Tracing by W G Collingwood. "ASKR HRITA HEIL KIL HIMTHIKAE HESSIL" "Ask wrote this hill to Gil henchman to Hessil" item:- JandMN : 190 Image © see bottom of page |
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