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Monkhill Lough, Monkhill
Monkhill Lough
site name:-   Greathill Beck
locality:-   Monkhill
civil parish:-   Beaumont (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tarn (mill dam, drained?) 
locality type:-   area
coordinates:-   NY33785835 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3358
10Km square:-   NY35

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
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lake by Munkhill 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

notes:-  
Before it was drained this was a place for ice skating and curling in winter. It was also a water source for the fire brigade. It was used twice for fires at Monkhill Hall; in the 1930s, in a bucket chain; in 1971, using suction hoses.

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