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| Douk Ghyll Scar, North Yorkshire | ||
| Douk Ghyll Scar | ||
| locality:- | Pen-y-ghent | |
| county:- | North Yorkshire | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| coordinates:- | SD81707248 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD8172 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD87 | |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Dowgill Scar |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto sourceTour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century Page 275:- "..." "Before we left Horton we visited some natural curiosities of the cavern kind on the base of Pennegant. Dowgill-scar, a little above Horton, is a grotesque amphitheatre of limestone rocks, composing a high precipice, which must appear awful and grand in a flood, when a large torrent of water falls from the top full in view: a small subterranean passage was able to take all the water when we were there. A romantic gallery, on the north side of the rocks, had a good effect in the scene.- ..." |
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