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| Cockshot Hill, Keswick | ||
| Cockshot Hill | ||
| civil parish:- | Keswick (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | NY26532274 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2622 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Cockshut hill |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1805 p.1122 "From the brow of Cockshut-hill we caught the grand outline of the vale, under the mellowing rays of a majestic sunset: behind us stretched the frightfully stupendous wall of Barrow and Wallow Crags; and from these was extended a chain of cliff bounding the vale of Watendlath: next rose the grandly-wooded rocks of the Lodore, forming a magnificent circus for its fall: still farther yawned the terrific jaws of Borradaile, closed on either side by the huge precipices of Grange Fell and Gate Crags." |
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