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peat house, Eskdale
civil parish:-   Eskdale (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   peat house
coordinates:-   NY19070005
1Km square:-   NY1900
10Km square:-   NY10


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CDE97.jpg (taken 4.6.2015)  
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CDE99.jpg  Upper entrance.
(taken 4.6.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 79 15) 
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
Drawn with its rear bank, ENE of Birker Force. 


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CDE98.jpg (taken 4.6.2015)  
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CDF02.jpg  Walling.
(taken 4.6.2015)  
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CDF01.jpg  Door in end.
(taken 4.6.2015)  
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CDF03.jpg (taken 4.6.2015)  
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CDF04.jpg  Window.
(taken 4.6.2015)  
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CDF05.jpg  Window.
(taken 4.6.2015)  
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CDF06.jpg  The peat road down from the peathouse.
(taken 4.6.2015)  

notes:-  
Also known as a peat cote.

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