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site name:-
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Great Head House
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locality:-
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Hermitage Hill
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parish
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Ulverston parish, once in
Lancashire
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county:-
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Cumbria
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viewpoint; station
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coordinates:-
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SD3076
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10Km square:-
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SD37
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1Km square |
SD3076 |
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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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Page 34:-
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... road is by Cark-hall. At the top of the hill there opens
a fine view of Furness. ... On the left, Ulverston-bay opens
into the great bay, and is three miles over. The coast is
deeply indented, and the peninsulas are beautifully fringed
with wood. On the right, a bold bending rock presents a
noble arched forehead; and a fine slope of inclosed grounds
mixed with wood, leads the eye to Ulverston, the port and
mart of Furness. Conishead shows its pyramidal head,
completely clothed in woods. At its feet is the priory,
shielded by a wing of hanging wood, that climbs up the side
of a steep hill. Bardsea, under its rocks and hanging woods,
stands in a delightful point of view. In front, a sweet fall
of inclosures, marked with clumps of trees and hedge-rows,
gives it a most picturesque effect.
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Page 35:-
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Also a white house on the sea bank, under the cover of a
deep wood, has a most enchanting appearance. The coast from
thence is of singular beauty, consisting of hanging wood,
inclosed lands, and pasture grounds, varied through a great
extent of prospect, in every pleasing form.
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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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