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Hammer Scar, Lakes
Hammer Scar
locality:-   Grasmere
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   rocks
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY33760531 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3305
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 26 5) 
placename:-  Hammer Scar
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.

evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Hammerscar
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Windermere looking towards the West from the Road between Troutbeck and Bowness, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.4 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.4
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Hammerscar
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Grasmere from Red Bank Head, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.4 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains of Grasmere and Rydal, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.15 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "MOUNTAINS OF GRASMERE AND RYDAL: as seen from Red-Bank Head."
"Hammer Scar / Silver How / Ullskarth, Wythburn head / Helm Crag and Stile / Littledale Pike, Skiddaw / Raise Gap / Calva in Caldbeck Fells / Part of Helvellyn / Seat Sandal / Grisedale Hause / Great Rigg, Fairfield / Green-head Ghyll / Forest Side / Nab Scar / Scandale Fell / Rydal Park / Cawdale Moor / Loughrigg Fell"
item:-  JandMN : 48.4
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836 (version 1869) 
placename:-  Hammar Scarr
source data:-   Print, hand coloured, Grasmere, from Loughrigg Fell, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, 1836, engraved by W F Topham, published by T J Allman, 463 Oxford Street, London, 1869.
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Included in The Lakes of England, by W F Topham. 
printed at bottom:-  "GRASMERE, / from Loughrigg Fell."
printed at bottom:-  "Silver How. / Hammar Scarr. / The Carrs. / Easdale. / Helm Crag. / Steel Fell. / Dunmail Hause. / Helvellyn. / Seat Sandal. / Fairfield."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1067.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Tattersall 1836
placename:-  Hammar Scarr
source data:-   Print, engraving, Rydal Water, from the South East, Westmorland, drawn by George Tattersall, engraved by W F Topham, published by Sherwood and Co, Paternoster Row, London, about 1836.
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The print is captioned with mountain names and acts as an outline view. 
Tipped in opposite p.44 of The Lakes of England, by George Tattersall. 
printed at bottom:-  "RYDAL WATER, / from the South East."
printed at bottom left to right:-  "Loughrigg Fell. / Silver How. / Hammar Scarr. / Pt. of Helm Crag. / Rydal Head."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1204.12
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