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Tongue, Mungrisdale
civil parish:-   Mungrisdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY34753017
1Km square:-   NY3430
10Km square:-   NY33
altitude:-   1808 feet
altitude:-   551m

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CDR26.jpg (taken 12.8.2015)  
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CDR44.jpg  From Bannerdale.
(taken 12.8.2015)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 1) 
placename:-  Tongue, The
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:-   old map:- Gents Mag 1747
placename:-  Tongue, The
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, perspective view, Caudbeck Fells ie Caldbeck Fells, scale about 1+ miles to 1 inch, published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1747.
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GM1405.jpg
"The Tongue"
knobbly hillocks; mountains 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 43
Image © Carlisle Library

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BNT81.jpg  Painting on the chimney breast at Chapelside; Mungrisdale, and the Blencathra Hunt. It is possible the hunt scene was added later.
(taken 1.6.2007)  
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BMH26.jpg (taken 29.6.2006)  
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