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Dunmallard Hill, Dacre
Dunmallard Hill
locality:-   Pooley Bridge
civil parish:-   Dacre (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY46762456 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4624
10Km square:-   NY42

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evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 66 2) 
placename:-  Dunmallard Hill
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.
"Dunmallard Hill / CAMP (Remains of)"
evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Dunmallard Hill
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
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"Dunmallard Hill"
Hillock, the label is misplaced. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Fiennes 1698
source data:-   Travel book, manuscript record of Journeys through England including parts of the Lake District, by Celia Fiennes, 1698.
"... at the end of this Ulls water is a fine round hill look'd as green and full of wood, very pleasant with grass and corne very fruitefull, and hereabout we leave those desart and barren rocky hills, ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Dunmore Lock
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
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"DUNMORE LOCK"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain, and four avenues of trees 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Dunmallet
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Dunmallet"
shown as a wooded hill 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Dunmallet
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.
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Page 151:-  "..."
"ULLS-WATER."
"Those that do not choose to go as far as Penrith, may, near the eighth mile-post,"
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Page 152:-  "..."
"[Mr. Gray] '... Dunmallet, a fine pointed hill, covered with wood. Began to mount the hill, and with some toil [ gained the summit] ..."
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 201:-  "Oct. 1. A grey autumnal day, the air perfectly calm, and mild, went to see Ulls-water, ... Approached Dunmallet, a fine pointed hill, covered with wood, planted by old Mr. Hazel before-mentioned, who lives always at home [Dalemain], and delights in planting. Walked over a spongy meadow or two, and began to mount the hill, through a broad straight green alley, among the trees, and with some toil gained the summit. From hence saw the lake ... I descended Dunmallet again by the side avenue, that was only not perpendicular, and came to Barton-bridge over the Eamont; ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull) 
placename:-  Dunmallet
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Accurate Map of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"Centre of Dunmallet / West's first Station / Edwd. Hasell's Esq."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
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evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Ull) 
placename:-  Dunmallet
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Accurate Map of the Beautiful Lake of Ullswater, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"A N.E. View of Dunmallet (Edwd. Hasell's Esqr. having a Roman Encampment upon its Summit."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.7
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evidence:-   old map:- West 1784 map
placename:-  Dunmallet
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1221.1
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evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Dunmallard
placename:-  Down of Mallards
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 25:-  "..."
"The first striking object that presents, after embarking upon the Lake, is Dunmallard, a beautiful hill, covered with wood, through which three avenues afford an ascent to the top. It is supposed to take its name from the Down of Mallards, formerly very plentiful here, or rather Dun-mail, King of Cumberland."
"Upon the top of Dunmallard was a Monastery of Benedictines; ..."
evidence:-   old print:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Dunmallard
source data:-   hill with avenue of trees
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"Dunmallard"
item:-  Armitt Library : A6615.12
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ullswater) 
placename:-  Dunmallard
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Dunmallard"
item:-  private collection : 10.4
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Dunmallet
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Ullswater from Pooley Bridge, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.12 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.8
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Dunmallet
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 8:-  "... At the foot of the lake [Ullswater], the water seems to be embanked by a conglomerated mass of pebbles; the same composition forms the finely wooded hill called Dunmallet, which stands like a centinel to guard the pass."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843) 
placename:-  Dunmallet
source data:-   Guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, by W Edwards, 12 Ave Maria Lane, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, William Smith, 113 Fleet Street, London, by Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, by Bancks and Co, Manchester, by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, and by Sinclair, Dumfries, 1839.
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Page 143:-  "... Dunmallet, which the tourist cannot but notice, from its conical figure and its being covered with wood; it was anciently crowned by a Roman station."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Dunmallet
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Dunmallet"
No symbol. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Ullswater Steamers 1900s (edn 1903) 
placename:-  Dunmallet
item:-  
source data:-   Photograph, bw halftone, yachts and a steam launch, Ullswater and Dunmallet ie Dunmallard Hill, Dacre, Cumberland, published in a guide book by the Ullswater Steam Navigation Co, Penrith, Cumberland, 1903.
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printed, bottom  "ULLSWATER AND DUNMALLET"
item:-  JandMN : 1023.19
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evidence:-   outline view:- Red Guide 1892
source data:-   Print, engraving, pair of outline views, Mountains as seen from the Road near Buttermere Church, and Mountains as seen from the Foot of Dun Mallet on Ullswater, published by Ward, Lock and Co, Warwick House, Salisbury Square, London, etc, 1892.
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"1 Swarth Fell 2 Stile End 3 Winter Crag 4 Dow Crag in Hartsop 5 Hallen Fell 6 Place Fell 7 Stone Cross Pike 8 Dolly Waggon Pike / Birk Fell (below) 9 High Spine How / The Knotts (below) 10 Helvellyn 11 Cachety Cam 12 Glenridding Dodd 13 Helvellyn Low Man 14 Herring Pike 15 Keppel Cove Head 16 Raise 17 Gowbarrow 18 Greenside 19 Glencoin Fell 20 Soulby Fell"
On p.162 in the Red Guide guide book, Guide to the English Lakes. 
item:-  JandMN : 102.6
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evidence:-   outline view:- 
placename:-  Dunmallet
source data:-   Print, hand coloured engraving, Lower Reach, Ullswater from Pooley Bridge, Westmorland and Cumberland, published by Sherwood and Co, London, 1836?
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Objects in the view are identified by a caption at the bottom - Swarth Fell, Martindale, High Street, Hallen Fell, Kirkstone, Place Fell, Fairfield, Gowbarrow Parks, Dumallet. 
printed at bottom:-  "LOWER REACH, ULLSWATER. / from Pooley Bridge. / Pubd. April 15th 1836 by Sherwood &Co London."
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2008.107.371
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hearsay:-  
 Do you agree with William Gilpin:-
"... rather a disgusting object. Shaped with conical exactness; planted uniformly with Scotch firs; and cut as uniformly into walks verging to a centre, it becomes a vile termination of a noble scene ..."
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