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Black Combe
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BLACK COMBE, OR COOM,
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trigonometrical survey
altitude
geology
peat
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Stands near the southern boundary of Cumberland. Forming the
extremity of the mountain chain, it may be seen at a great
distance; and is a fine station both for land and sea prospects.
In 1808, it was made one of Colonel Mudge's stations, in the
process of the Trigonometrical Survey. He calculated its height
to be 1919 feet above the level of the sea. Its substance is a
rock of clay-slate similar to that of Skiddaw, covered by a large
tract of peat earth, which is cut for fuel, and brought down on
different sides of the mountain. By the misprint of a single
figure in the longitude of this mountain in the 3rd vol. of the
Trigonometrical Survey, a great distortion has been caused in
some maps lately constructed upon that basis.
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Coniston Fells
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CONISTON FELL.
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Old Man of Coniston
altitude
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The highest point of Coniston Fell is called THE OLD MAN, from
the pile of stones erected on the summit. It is 2577 feet in
height, and has a good view of the rocky mountains, Scawfell and
Bowfell; and at a distance, the highest point of Skiddaw.
Coniston Lake is seen in full proportion, with a part of
Windermere. Two tarns appear upon the mountain, the smaller
called Low Water, though on a higher level, the larger Levers
Water; and on the western side of the hill, but not seen from the
summit, is Gates Water, lying at the foot of
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-- Black Combe
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-- Coniston Fells
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-- Fairfield
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-- "Old Man" -- Old Man of Coniston, The
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