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Wandope, Buttermere
Wandope
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY187197
1Km square:-   NY1819
10Km square:-   NY11
altitude:-   2533 feet
altitude:-   772m


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BLM46.jpg  From the path up Knott Rigg from Newlands Hause.
(taken 25.12.2005)  
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BNP69.jpg (taken 26.4.2007)  

evidence:-   probably 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.
image WS21P134, button  goto source
Page 134:-  "The road, or rather track, [from Newlands Hause] ... On the right, at the head of a deep green hill, a naked furrowed mountain, of an orange hue, has a strange appearance amongst its verdant neighbours, and sinks, by his height, even Skiddaw itself."


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BSD30.jpg  Wandope, Addacomb, Crag Hill, Scar Crags.
(taken 10.2.2010)  
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BNE28.jpg  Whiteless Pike; Grasmoor and Wandhope; Crag Hill
(taken 14.2.2007)  
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BOR69.jpg  and Addacomb Hole.
(taken 13.2.2008)  
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BPJ47.jpg  and Addacomb Hole.
(taken 23.6.2008)  

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