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 Derwent Water
viewpoint, Latrigg side
site name:-   Latrigg
civil parish:-   Underskiddaw (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   viewpoint
locality type:-   cross
1Km square:-   NY2724
10Km square:-   NY22

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Der) 
placename:-  station, Derwent Water, Crosthwaite 1
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent, ie Derwent Water, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"The Author's 1st. Station on the side of Latrigg"
"The Author's first Station for seeing the Vale in the best manner, is by the side of the Horse Road he has made unto Latrigg; and about mid way up; a little below a large Cross cut in the Ground as a mark for it."
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.3
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indexing
person:-   map maker
 : Crosthwaite, Peter
place:-   Derwent Water
date:-   1783
period:-   18th century, late
period:-   1780s
item:-   mapAccurate Map of the Matchless Lake of Derwent

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