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| Rotherhope Fell, Alston Moor | ||
| Rotherhope Fell | ||
| locality:- | Alston Moor | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| locality type:- | fell | |
| coordinates:- | NY71584087 (etc etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7140 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 42 9) placename:- Rotherhope Fell |
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| 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. |
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| evidence:- | probably old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Roderic Heights item:- swallow hole |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1747 p.385 "... On the top of Roderic heights is a pretty large lake, call'd Green-castle-loch, which recieves no visible feeder, but emits a small stream northward to the said burn; ... The Swallows, those incontestable remains of Noah's deluge, begin here to be very frequent. Some of these are 30 or 40 yards in diameter, and near as much deep, perfectly circular, but contain no water at any season, the ground having gradually fallen in at the sinking of the waters; but where they have happen'd amid rocks, the holes are left open to incredible depths. ..." "On the descent of Roderic-fell there is plenty of herbage, but few plants, save the scorpioides arvensis, and tormentil." |
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