Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
 |
|
| Moorthwaite Quarries, Cumwhitton | ||
| Moorthwaite Quarries | ||
| locality:- | Moorthwaite | |
| civil parish:- | Cumwhitton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | quarry | |
| coordinates:- | NY503503 (roughly) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5050 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY55 | |
|
|
||
| evidence:- | old painting:- |
|
| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, Moorthwaite Quarries, Eden Valley, Cumwhitton, Cumberland,
by William James Blacklock, 1850-58? click to enlargePR0944.jpg A shallow stream winds from foreground past a steep rocky outcrop topped by bushes and rough grassland. item:- Tullie House Museum : 1946.67.12 Image © Tullie House Museum |
|
|
|
||
Lakes Guides menu.