Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | hillfort, Carrock Fell | |
| locality:- | Carrock Fell | |
| parish |
Caldbeck parish, once in
Cumberland
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| parish |
Mungrisdale parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| hillfort | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY341336 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY33
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| 1Km square | NY3433 | |
 hillfort, Carrock Fell -- Carrock Fell -- Caldbeck and Mungrisdale -- Cumbria / -- 20.7.2009 | ||
 hillfort, Carrock Fell -- Carrock Fell -- Caldbeck and Mungrisdale -- Cumbria / -- 20.7.2009 | ||
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Cmd 48 9)
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| County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. | ||
| Remains of Supposed Druidical Temple | ||
| On the 6 inch sheet:- | ||
| Remains of Stone Circle | ||
| placename:- | Druidical Temple | |
| stone circle | ||
| date:- | 1890=1899 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1890s | |
| photographs | ||
| hillfort, Carrock Fell -- Carrock Fell -- Caldbeck and Mungrisdale -- Cumbria / -- 20.7.2009 | |
| hearsay |
Before the Romans the inhabitants of Cumbria were the
Brigantes. It is suggested that this was their capital
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| hearsay |
John Fell wrote a poem, A Tour of Carrock Fell, which
describes an ascent in April 1862:-
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| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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