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placename:-
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Robinson Crags
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site name:-
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Robinson
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parish
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Above Derwent parish, once
in Cumberland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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rocks
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coordinates:-
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NY201172
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10Km square:-
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NY21
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1Km square |
NY2017 |
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descriptive text:- |
West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
-- probably 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 133:-
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... approaching the head of Newland-hawse, on the left, a
mountain of purple-coloured rock presents a thousand gaping
chasms, excavated by torrents that fall into a bason, formed
in the bosom of the mountain, and from thence precipitating
themselves over a wall of rock, become a brook below. In
front is a vast rocky mountain, the barrier of the dell,
that opposes itself to all further access. ...
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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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