Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Newton Knott, Muncaster
	Newton Knott
civil parish:-	Muncaster (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	hill
coordinates:-	SD094953
1Km square:-	SD0995
10Km square:-	SD09
evidence:-	old text:- Mackenzie 1776 placename:-  Newton Knot Hill
source data:-	Charts, and sailing directions, Nautical Descriptions of the West Coast of Great Britain, Bristol Channel to Cape Wrath, by Murdoch Mackenzie, published London, 1776.   goto source Page 19:-  "To sail into Ravinglas Harbour; ... anchor half a cable's-length from the W. end of the town, or off the perch, in the meeting of the three rivers. When the buoy in the entry bears E. it is also in a line with the S. shoulder of Newton-knot Hill, which is a small hill, half a mile S. of Ravinglas, on which some corn fields and furz-bushes may be seen."

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