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| Wilson's Horse, Wasdale | ||
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| Wilson's Horse | ||
| site name:- | Screes, The | |
| locality:- | Wasdale | |
| civil parish:- | Eskdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | stone | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1504 (?) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY10 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Green 1819 (?) placename:- Wilson's Horse |
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| source data:- | Guide book, 2 volumes, The Tourist's New Guide, by William
Green, Ambleside, published by R Lough and Co, Chronicle Office,
Finkle Street, Kendal, and others, 1819 and 1820. GN01p277.txt This is not the source of the quotation. page 277:- "... On the top of the Screes stood for ages a very large stone, called Wilson's horse, but about twenty years ago it fell down into the lake, when a cleft was made about 100 yards long, four feet wide, and of incredible depth." Note: invalid evidence |
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