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viewpoint, Low Cat Crag
site name:-   Low Cat Crag
civil parish:-   Satterthwaite (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   viewpoint
coordinates:-   SD377917 (approx) 
1Km square:-   SD3791
10Km square:-   SD39
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
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 70:-  "..."
"From the low Cat-crag, which is a little to the south of the Nab, you have a view of the south end of the lake [Windermere], and as far north"
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Page 71:-  "as the great island. The ferry points, the Storrs, the Nab, and the lesser islands, are distinctly viewed in a fine order. The house on the island is a good object; and the beauties of the western shore to the south of the Cragg are only seen from thence."
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person:-   author
 : West, Thomas
place:-   Windermere lake
date:-   1778
period:-   18th century, late
period:-   1780s
item:-   guide book; Guide to the Lakes
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