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| Dovecote Cave, Garsdale | ||
| Dovecote Cave | ||
| site name:- | Great Dovecote Gill | |
| locality:- | Dovecote Gill | |
| civil parish:- | Garsdale (formerly Yorkshire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | cave | |
| coordinates:- | SD69479195 (estimate) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD6991 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD69 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Yrk 64 1) placename:- Dovecote Cave |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. Great Dovecote Gill is shown disappearing into the cave and reemerging lower down in the patch of woodland |
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| evidence:- | old text:- WTL2p03.txt placename:- Dovecote Gill Cave |
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| source data:- | WTL2p03.txt page 3:- "..." "DOVECOTE GILL CAVE." "THIS Cave is situated about two miles east of Sedbergh, between the roads leading to Kirkby Stephen and Hawes: a small mountain-stream suddenly buries itself in the cave, as seen in the view, and, after running" WTL2p04.txt page 4:- "about seventy yards under ground, emerges through a nearly perpendicular face of marble rock. In a dry season the cave may be passed through without any great difficulty. About the middle of the interior a glimpse of light may be seen from above; and a stone thrown from the outside into a hole overgrown with coppice-wood may be heard when it falls into the water in the cave. The stream continues its course through a narrow gully, and falls into the Garsdale river, which joins the Rather, or Rothey, about a mile below." |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Westall 1818 placename:- Dovecote Gill Cave |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured aquatint, Dovecote Gill Cave, south entrance, Yorkshire, drawn and
engraved by William Westall, published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1818. click to enlargeWTL201.jpg "Drawn & Etch'd by Willm. Westall A.R.A. / Dovecote Gill Cave. / South Entrance. / Publish'd July 12. 1818. by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London. / Proof" item:- Armitt Library : A6670.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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