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| beacon, Grasmoor | ||
| site name:- | Grasmoor | |
| civil parish:- | Buttermere (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | beacon (?) | |
| coordinates:- | NY174203 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1720 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY12 | |
| references:- | Otley 1823 |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) |
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| 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. goto sourcePage 83:- "Upon the summits of Grasmoor, Binsey, and Carrock Fells, there are remains of basin-shaped cavities, walled round, and apparently intended as Beacons. ..." |
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