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| Bertie's Cave, Buttermere | ||
| Bertie's Cave | ||
| locality:- | Lanthwaite Wood | |
| civil parish:- | Buttermere (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | cave | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1520 (?) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY12 | |
| references:- | Green 1819 |
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| evidence:- | old text:- placename:- Bertie's Cave |
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| source data:- | Green, William: : Tourist's New Guide: 1819:: vol.2: pp.202-203 "From Scale Hill to the boat, it is a walk of nearly a mile. On this walk, the views
towards the head of the lake are singularly beautiful. At Bertie's Cave, which acts
with the bordering trees, as a fore-ground, the Buttermere / mountains are observed
through the vista formed by those environing Crummock Water." |
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