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| beacon, Birkrigg | ||
| Birkrigg Beacon | ||
| site name:- | Birkrigg Common | |
| civil parish:- | Urswick (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | beacon | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | SD28347421 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2874 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD27 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 16 15) |
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| 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. "Beacon" labelled at the trig point |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto sourcePage 41:- "... Leaving Urswick behind, ascend Birkrig, a rocky eminence, and from the beacon have a variety" goto sourcePage 42:- "of extensive and pleasant views, of land and sea, mountains and islands." |
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