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Mirklin Cove, Ennerdale and Kinniside
Mirklin Cove
Mirkiln Cove
civil parish:-   Ennerdale and Kinniside (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   combe
locality type:-   valley
coordinates:-   NY15411156 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1511
10Km square:-   NY11


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CEF76.jpg  From NW.
(taken 27.10.2015)  
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CEF77.jpg  From NW.
(taken 27.10.2015)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 74 1) 
placename:-  Mirklin Cove
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 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Matlin Cove
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains of Ennerdale as seen from Kirkland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.131 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains of Ennerdale: / as seen from Kirkland."
"Herdhouse / Green Gable / Great Gable / The Pillar / Wind Yate / Black Crag / Steeple / Matlin Cove / Hay Cock / Iron Crag / Revelin / Crag Fell - Grike"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.9
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Matlin Cove
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, The Mountains of Ennerdale, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.27 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "THE MOUNTAINS OF ENNERDALE: as seen from Kirkland."
"Bannow Fell / Herdhouse / Green Gable / Great Gable / The Pillar / Bowness Knot and Wind Yate / Black Crag / Steeple / Matlin Cove / Hay Cock / Iron Crag / Revelin / Crag Fell / Grike"
item:-  JandMN : 48.7
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CEF80.jpg  Head of the cove including Steeple, Haskett Buttress, etc.
(taken 27.10.2015)  
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CEF82.jpg (taken 27.10.2015)  
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CEF83.jpg (taken 27.10.2015)  

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