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Raven Crag, Coniston
Raven Crag
civil parish:-   Coniston (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   rocks
coordinates:-   NY312003
1Km square:-   NY3100
10Km square:-   NY30


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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Coniston Water from near Bank Ground, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.8 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.6
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evidence:-   old text:- Martineau 1855
item:-  raven
source data:-   Guide book, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes, by Harriet Martineau, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Whittaker and Co, London, 1855; published 1855-76.
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Page 27:-  "... One of the crags there is called Raven Crag: and it is said that a pair of ravens is living now, there or somewhere near. It is to be hoped that, now the eagles are gone, the last ravens will not be destroyed or scared away by the shot of the miners, or other rash sports-men, who are too apt to bring down every bird they see. ..."

evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Grasmere and Coniston - Mountains as seen from Redbank, Grasmere, and Mountains as seen a little beyond Tent Lodge on the Road from Coniston to Ulverstone, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 12 Raven Crag ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.12
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen from Red Bank, Grasmere, and Mountains as seen a little beyond Tent-Lodge on the Road from Coniston to Ulverston, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 12 Raven Crag ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.5
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