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stepping stones, Rosthwaite
site name:-   Stonethwaite Beck
locality:-   Rosthwaite
civil parish:-   Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   stepping stones
coordinates:-   NY259148 (guess) 
1Km square:-   NY2514
10Km square:-   NY21

evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
source data:-   Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.
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Page 77:-  "[coming from Watendlath] ... beneath lies Rosthwaite, with the brattling stream behind, which must be crossed by stepping-stones to reach the little inn. ..."

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