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site name:-
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Rannerdale Knotts
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parish
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Buttermere parish, once in
Cumberland
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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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NY166183
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10Km square:-
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NY11
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Different writers have chosen different positions on the
hillside to be their viewpoint.
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1Km square |
NY1618 |
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descriptive text:- |
Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
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Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes,
later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley,
published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J
Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale,
Cumbria, 1823 onwards. |
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Page 127:-
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... a good view of Crummock Lake may be had, by riding a
mile and a half on the eastern side, to a rocky point called
the Hause. ...
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placename:-
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station, Hause Point
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date:-
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1823
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period:-
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19th century, early; 1820s
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old map:- |
Crosthwaite 1783-94
(But/Cru/Low)
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Notice the route of the footpath, which could be the
'road' drawn by Crosthwaite, with the viewpoint a little up
the brae above the road.
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Series of maps, An Accurate Map of the Matchless Lake of
Derwent, of the Grand Lake of Windermere, of the Beautiful
Lake of Ullswater, of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, of
Coniston Lake, of Buttermere, Crummock and Loweswater Lakes,
and Pocklington's Island, by Peter Crosthwaite, Kendal,
Cumberland now Cumbria, 1783 to 1794. |
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4th. Station / Buttermere Hawse
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The viewpoint is marked between the road and the lake
shore, ie below the road.
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other name:-
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station, Hause Point
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other name:-
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station, Buttermere, Crosthwaite 4
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site name:-
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Hause Point
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viewpoint; station
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coordinates:-
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NY16161817
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date:-
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1783=1794
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s; 1790s
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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 138:-
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... From the crest of this rock [Randon-knot], the whole
extent of the lake [Crummock Water] is discovered. On the
western side the mountains rise immediately from the water's
edge, bold and abrupt. Just in front, between Blea-crag and
Mell-break, (two spiral hills) the hoarse resounding noise
of a water-fall is heard across the lake, concealed within
the bosom of the cliff, through which it has forced its way,
and when viewed from the foot of the fall, is a most
astonishing phaenomenon.
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This lake is beautified with three small isles. One of rock
lies just before you. The
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Page 139:-
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whole eastern shore is diversified with bays, the banks with
scattered trees, and a few inclosures, terminated by a
hanging wood. At the foot of the lake, a high-crowned hill
pushes forward, fringed with trees, and sweetly laid out
with inclosures; and above it, on a cultivated slope, is the
chapel of Lowes-water, surrounded with scattered farms.
Behind all, Low-fell raises its verdant front; a sweet
contrast to his murky neighbours, and a pleasing
termination, either as seen from the top of this rock, or
from the bosom of the lake.
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The chain of pyramidal mountains on each side of this narrow
vale, are extremely picturesque. They rise from distinct
bases, and swell into the most grotesque forms of serrated
or broken rocks.
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placename:-
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Randon Knot
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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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