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Rannerdale Knotts, Buttermere
Rannerdale Knotts
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   rocks
coordinates:-   NY166183
1Km square:-   NY1618
10Km square:-   NY11
altitude:-   1165 feet
altitude:-   355m

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BJY18.jpg  From the north.
(taken 14.10.2005)  
photograph
BUM98.jpg (taken 3.5.2011)  
MN photo:-  
 A rock atop the knotts.

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CAY12.jpg (taken 11.6.2014)  
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CAY13.jpg (taken 11.6.2014)  
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CAY14.jpg (taken 11.6.2014)  
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (But/Cru/Low) 
placename:-  Rannerdale Knot
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1794, version published 1800.
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"Rannerdale Knot as it appears from the Author's 1st. Station"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.2
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evidence:-   old painting:- Green 1790s-1820s
item:-  clouds
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Crummock Water looking towards Rannerdale Knotts, Buttermere, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1800s-10s?
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item:-  Dove Cottage : 2010.57.2
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 40) 
item:-  cattle
source data:-   Print, uncoloured soft ground etching, Crummock Water, Buttermere, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 40 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "40"
printed at bottom:-  "CRUMMOCK WATER. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6656.40
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evidence:-   old print:- Green 1814 (plate 40) 
item:-  cattle
source data:-   Print, tinted soft ground etching, Crummock Water, Buttermere, Cumberland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1814.
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Plate 40 in Sixty Small Prints. 
printed at top right:-  "40"
printed at bottom:-  "CRUMMOCK WATER. / Published at Ambleside Augst. 1, 1814, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6653.40
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Rannerdale Knot
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, The Mountains of Crummock and Buttermere as seen on the Road between Scale-Hill and Loweswater, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.125 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains of Crummock and Buttermere: / as seen on the Road between Scale-Hill and Loweswater."
"Whiteside / Grasmoor / Witeless Pike / Robinson / Fleetworth / Rannerdale Knot / Hay Stacks and Gable / Cold Kell Wyke / Kirkfell / High Crag / High Stile / Red Pike / Melbreak / Hencomb"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.7
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Rannerdale Knot
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Crummock and Buttermere from the Road near Loweswater Church, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.18 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.11
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Rannerdale Knot
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains of Crummock and Buttermere, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.25 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "THE MOUNTAINS OF CRUMMOCK AND BUTTERMERE: as seen on the Road between Scale-Hill and Loweswater."
"Whiteside / Grasmoor / Witeless Pike / Robinson / Fleetworth Pike / Rannerdale Knot / Hay Stacks and Gable / Cold Keld Wyke / Kirkfell / High Crag / High Stile / Red Pike / Melbreak / Hencomb"
item:-  JandMN : 48.6
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evidence:-   outline view:- Martineau 1855
placename:-  Rannerdale Knott
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains seen from Lanthwaite Wood Crummock Water, drawn by L Aspland, engraved by W Banks, Edinburgh, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855.
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Opposite p.84 in A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau. 
The view is captioned, numbers referring to mountains in the image:-  "1 Whiteless Pike, 2 Honister Crag, 3 Green Gable, 4 Great End, 5 Great Gable / Rannerdale Knott (beneath), 6 Scawfell Pike, 7 Kirkfell / Scarf Gap (below), 8 High Crag, 9 High Stile, 10 Bleaberry Crag, 11 Red Pike, 12 Melbreak."
"MOUNTAINS SEEN FROM LANTHWAITE WOOD CRUMMOCK WATER."
"L Aspland Delt. / W Banks Sc Edinr."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1159.13
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856
placename:-  Rannerdale Knot
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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"... 17 Rannerdale Knot ... 6 Rannerdale Knot ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.19
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Rannerdale Knot
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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"... 17 Rannerdale Knot ... 6 Rannerdale Knot ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.11
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evidence:-   perhaps old print:- Rose 1832-35 (vol.1 no.52) 
source data:-   Print, uncoloured engraving, Crummock Water, Cumberland, drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by W le Petit, published by Fisher, Son and Co, London, 1833.
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vol.1 pl.52 in the set of prints, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated. 
printed at bottom left, right, centre:-  "T. Allom. / W. Le Petit. / CRUMMOCK WATER, CUMBERLAND. / FISHER, SON &CO. LONDON, 1833."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.20
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photograph
BXM56.jpg (taken 6.10.2012)  
photograph
BJY20.jpg  From the north.
(taken 14.10.2005)  
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CAY07.jpg (taken 11.6.2014)  
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CAY08.jpg (taken 11.6.2014)  
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CAY09.jpg (taken 11.6.2014)  
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CAY11.jpg  Cairn,
(taken 11.6.2014)  
hearsay:-  
 The col between this and Blake Rigg is a viewpoint called Surprise View.
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