Cary 1798 map 2

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		MAP FEATURES
	title map maker publisher	Printed at the top, left, centre and right:- ELEVENTH EDITION. / ENVIRONS OF THE LAKES . / For Cary's New Itinerary Printed at the bottom:- Published by G. & J. Cary No.86 St. James's Street G and J are George and John Cary.
	orientation up is N	The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet.
	scale line scale	Printed lower left is a:- SCALE chequered and labelled in miles. The 7 miles = 33.9 mm gives a scale 1 to 332313 assuming a statute mile. The map scale is about:- 1 to 330000 5 miles to 1 inch
	sea area sea plain	The sea area shown, the Irish Sea, is plain and unlabelled.
	coast line coast shaded	The coast line is emphasised by shading in two stages; bold immediately offshore continued light further into the offing.
	rivers bridges	Rivers are drawn by wiggly line tapering at the head. A broad river might be engraved with a light line or two parallel the river to suggest its wider size, and an estuary might have form lines. Some rivers are labelled, eg:- Derwent R Emont R. R. Lune or Loyne Bridges are implied where a road crosses and interrupts a stream. A bridge might be labelled, eg:- Lowick Br. Lowther Br. There seems to be a bridge across the width of Thirlmere:- Before the lake was deepened to become Thirlmere Reservoir there was a narrow stretch crossed by a succession of three footbridges.
	lakes islands	Lakes are drawn in outline with ?form lines. Some lakes are labelled:- BASSENTHWAITE WATER Broader Water [Brothers Water] Burnmoor Tarn Buttermere Water CONISTON WATER CRUMMOCK WATER DERWENT WATER Devock L Easthwaite Water Eller Water [Elter Water] ENNERDALE WATER HALLS WATER [Haweswater] The Tarn [Kentmere Tarn] LOWES WATER Over water Skeggles Water Thirle Mere Lake Thurle Mere [actually Grasmere+Rydal Water] ULLES WATER WAST WATER WINANDER MERE Other smaller lakes and tarns might be recognised, amongst which:- Hayeswater Little Langdale Tarn (?) Whinfell Tarn (?) Islands are mostly not noticed, but there is a small island in Ennerdale Water, and Belle Isle in Windermere is clearly represented.
	relief hill hachuring spot heights	Relief is indicated by hill hachuring. Some individual peaks are drawn emphatically, but the overall impression is not very helpful. A few hills are labelled, some with a spot height, eg:- Helvellin / 1055 Skiddaw / 3022 ft. Hay Cock A valley night be labelled, eg:- Borrowdale
	forests	Woodland is not indicated, but some forest areas are labelled, eg:- COPELAND FOREST Whinfell Forest
	parks	Parks are drawn in outline with fence palings, the interior pecked, perhaps with small tree symbols. A park might be labelled, eg:- Gowbarrow Park Graystock Park
	county	County boundaries are a dot dash line, but this is not continued all along a boundary feature like a river. Enough overlap of dotted line and feature is given to suggest the function of the feature. Two county areas are labelled:- WESTMORELAND CUMBERLAND And the county boundary separating Lancashire from Cumberland is missing; Lancashire is missing! Although the boundary lines do not support it, there is a label:- 3 Shire Stone where Lancashire, Cumberland and Westmorland meet.
	settlements distances from London	Settlements are marked by blocks, perhaps with a cross for a church, differentiated by style of labelling.
	towns	blocks, perhaps a cross for a church; labelled in upright block caps, eg:- KENDAL / 263 ORTON AMBLESIDE / 276 RAVENGLASS / 284
	villages	blocks, perhaps a cross for a church; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- Shap Bampton Gosforth
	hamlets	block or blocks; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Dale End [in Longsleddale] New Village [Lowther] Stavely This txt labels other features on the map.
	houses	building; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Armathwaite Gilse [N of Orton]
	roads road distances toll gates turnpike roads	A network of roads is drawn by double line, broader or narrower for greater or lesser roads, solid or dotted lines for fenced or unfenced margins? The greater roads have the two lines light bold, which is sometimes used to indicate turnpikes in maps of this period. These roads might have road distances from town to town marked by figures along the route at mile intervals, for examples see the roads radiating from Kendal. On the road north of Grasmere is:- Toll Gate 10 miles south of Keswick on the Ambleside road.
	canals	A canal is drawn by a triple line, light bold light, from Kendal south to the map edge, the Lancaster and Kendal Canal.
	miscellaneous
	antiquities	An indeterminate symbol east of Muncaster Hall is labelled:- Remains of the City of Barnsea This is presumably the group of settlements and cairns at Barnscar on Birkby Fell.
	stones	Although the boundary lines do not support it, there is a label:- 3 Shire Stone where Lancashire, Cumberland and Westmorland meet.

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