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place:-
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beacon, Stainton
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site name:-
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Helm, The
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parish
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Stainton parish, once in
Westmorland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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beacon
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coordinates:-
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SD5388
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10Km square:-
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SD58
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1Km square |
SD5388 |
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descriptive text:- |
West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
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Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West,
published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once
Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821. |
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goto source.
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Page 14:-
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... The station at Lancaster was connected with that at
Watercrook, near Kendal, by the intervention of the beacon
on Warton Crag, and the castellum on the summit of a hill
that rises immediately above Watercrook, at present called
Castle Steads.
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site name:-
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Helm, The
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date:-
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1778
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1770s
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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