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| High Crag, Borrowdale (2) | ||
| High Crag | ||
| National Trust Crags | ||
| locality:- | Lodore | |
| civil parish:- | Borrowdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| coordinates:- | NY26781911 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2619 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY21 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 64 14) placename:- High Crag |
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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. |
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| evidence:- | probably descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) placename:- Lodore Banks |
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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 sourceAddendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 Page 203:- "Oct. 3. [from Keswick] to Borrowdale; ... ... entered Borrowdale: the crags named Lowdore-banks began now to impend terribly over the way, and more terribly when you hear that three years since an immense mass of rock tumbled at once from the brow, barred all access to the dale (for this is the only road) till they could work their way through it. Luckily no one was passing by at the time of this fall; but down the side of the mountain, and far into the lake, lie dispersed the huge fragments of this" goto sourcePage 204:- "ruin, in all shapes and in all directions: ..." |
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