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place:-
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bloomery, Borrowdale
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site name:-
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Smithymire Island
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parish
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Borrowdale parish, once in
Cumberland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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bloomery
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coordinates:-
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NY273130
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10Km square:-
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NY21
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1Km square |
NY2713 |
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descriptive text:- |
West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
-- perhaps relevant
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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 103:-
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Just where the road begins to ascend the Stake [from the
Borrowdale side], are said to be the remains of a bloomery,
close by the water-fall on the left; but no tradition
relates at what time it was last worked. This I could never
verify from any visible remains. The mineral was found in
the mountain, and the wood used in smelting had covered
their steep sides. The masses of iron found on Castle-crag
were probably smelted here. ...
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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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hearsay |
Used by the monks of Furness Abbey; iron ore from their mine
at Ure Gap, Bowfell was brought down Langstrath to the
island where wood fuel was available.
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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