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| Wandope, Buttermere | ||
| Wandope | ||
| civil parish:- | Buttermere (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | NY187197 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1819 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY11 | |
| altitude:- | 2533 feet | |
| altitude:- | 772m | |
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 BLM46.jpg From the path up Knott Rigg from Newlands Hause. (taken 25.12.2005)  BNP69.jpg (taken 26.4.2007) |
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| evidence:- | probably descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto sourcePage 134:- "The road, or rather track, [from Newlands Hause] ... On the right, at the head of a deep green hill, a naked furrowed mountain, of an orange hue, has a strange appearance amongst its verdant neighbours, and sinks, by his height, even Skiddaw itself." |
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 Click to enlarge BSD30.jpg Wandope, Addacomb, Crag Hill, Scar Crags. (taken 10.2.2010)  BNE28.jpg Whiteless Pike; Grasmoor and Wandhope; Crag Hill (taken 14.2.2007)  BOR69.jpg and Addacomb Hole. (taken 13.2.2008)  BPJ47.jpg and Addacomb Hole. (taken 23.6.2008) |
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