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| viewpoint, Ullock | ||
| locality:- | Ullock | |
| civil parish:- | Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | viewpoint | |
| coordinates:- | NY24512304 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2423 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
| references:- | Clarke 1787 |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 91:- "..." "... Portingsgill, which we pass, and then ascending a little hill, we have an excellent view of Bassenthwaite or Broad-Water. Here is an old oak on the left-hand side of the road which will serve to mark a station for the painter: the right side is closed by the steepest side of Skiddow, burnt by the sun into a beautiful reddish brown; in the centre is Powter-How, belonging to Mr Stanger; a large white building, beautifully contrasted by the verdure of the trees under which it stands: the left is closed by the dark blue mountains above Thornthwaite, which rise out of fields of corn and pasturage, spotted here and there with wood. Farther distant is the Lake, intersected and varied with promontories and creeks; nearest to the eye it is broad, then it contracts almost to a river, then again it expands, and is at last lost before the houses at Ouzebridge and Armathwaite. The farthest distance closes very well with rising grounds, fringed with verdant hedges, and here and there interspersed with plumps of trees. Towards the East is likewise a tolerable landscape: Mr Guy Head drew it, but I cannot think it deserved the admiration he bestowed upon it; however, in this the traveller must judge for himself; for so numerous are the landscapes which deserve to be taken, that we need not wonder if different persons form different opinions of them." "Hard by is Ullock ..." |
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