Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	viewpoint, Old Man of Coniston
site name:-	Old Man of Coniston
civil parish:-	Coniston (formerly Lancashire)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	viewpoint
coordinates:-	SD27239782
1Km square:-	SD2797
10Km square:-	SD29
evidence:-	descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)  placename:-  Coniston Old Man item:-  latitude; longitude; lat and long
source data:-	Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.   goto source Page 79:-  "STATION IV.- CONISTON OLD MAN." "Latitude 54° 22′ 20″ N. Longitude 3° 6′ 34″W. Height 2577 feet." BEARINGS Distances in miles Height in feet Calf, near Sedbergh 0° E 25 2188 Great Whernside, Kettlewell 72 SE 48 2263 Whernside, near Dent 71 SE 31 2384 Pennygant 70 SE 38 2270 Ingleborough 64 SE 33 2361 Pendle Hill 44 SE 49 1803 Lancaster 31 SE 25 Moel Fammau, Denbigh 4 SW 85 1845 Carnedd Llewellyn, Caernarvon 23 SW 92 3469 Carnedd David do. 23 30″ 93 3427 Snowdon do. 23 40″ 99 3571 Penmaen Mawr do. 24 SW 85 1540 Holyhead Mountain 41 SW 98 709 Black Combe 46 SW 12 1919 Snea Fell 84 SW 55 2004 Burrow Head 64 NW 56 Skiddaw 4 NW 20 3022

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