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Scales Fell, Threlkeld
Scales Fell
locality:-   Saddleback
civil parish:-   Threlkeld (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fell
coordinates:-   NY33812773 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3327
10Km square:-   NY32

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 9) 
placename:-  Scales Fell
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:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Scales Fell
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Skiddaw, and Saddleback ... as seen on entering Keswick from the South, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.46 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.17
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, Skiddaw and Saddleback, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.49 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "SKIDDAW, AND SADDLEBACK (FORMERLY BLENCATHRA): As seen entering Keswick from the South: With ancient names."
"The Dod / Hullock / Long Side / Carlside / Carsleddam / Broad End, near the highest point / Skiddaw Man / Little Man / Howgill Tongue / Jenkin Hill / Lonscale Fell / Latrigg / High Row Fell / Priest Man / Linthwaite Pike, Saddleback / Knot Aller / Scales Fell"
item:-  JandMN : 48.9
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