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  Crummock Water
viewpoint, Crummock Water by boat
site name:-   Crummock Water
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   viewpoint
coordinates:-   NY15871875 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1518
10Km square:-   NY11
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
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.
image OT01P127, button  goto source
Page 127:-  "At Buttermere, a boat is usually taken upon Crummock Lake, as well as for the views of the scenery as being the most convenient way of seeing Scale Force. ..."
image OT01P128, button  goto source
"At Scale Hill, a boat may be taken on Crummock Lake, from whence the mountains surrounding that and Buttermere, may be seen to great advantage. ..."
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