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rain gauge, Shap Rural (3)
locality:-   Mosedale Cottage
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   rain gauge
coordinates:-   NY49460949 (?) 
1Km square:-   NY4909
10Km square:-   NY40

evidence:-   old map:- Cornish 1924
source data:-   Keswick Museum Collections; relief models, personalia of Jonathan Otley and other items.
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Mean annual rainfall (inches)  "91"
item:-  Keswick Museum Collections
Image © see bottom of page

hearsay:-  
Said to still be in place: 2015.
Used to be read by the water works company.

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