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rock arch, High Meathop
civil parish:-   Meathop and Ulpha (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   cave
coordinates:-   SD439808 (guess) 
1Km square:-   SD4380
10Km square:-   SD48
references:-   Lowther 1780s-90s

evidence:-   old print:- Lowther 1780s-90s
source data:-   Print, engraving, View of a Natural Arch in a Rock, at High Methop, Cumbria, engraved by W and J Walker, late 18th century?
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A gentleman admires the stone arch, six courses of 'natural' voussoirs, at the base of a high cliff. 
item:-  Dove Cottage : Lowther.15
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evidence:-   old print:- 
source data:-   Print, engraving, View of a Natural Arch in a Rock, at High Methop, Cumbria, engraved by W and J Walker? published by Alexander Hogg, 16 Paternoster Row, London, 1780s?
image  click to enlarge
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A gentleman admires the stone arch, six courses of 'natural' voussoirs, at the base of a high cliff. 
printed at bottom:-  "View of A NATURAL ARCH in a Rock, at High Methop / in Westmoreland. / Published by Alexr. Hogg No.16 Paternoster Row."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.409
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