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station, Scafell Pike
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Scafell Pike
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Eskdale parish, once in
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Cumbria
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viewpoint; station
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Altitude
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3205 feet
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NY2107
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NY20
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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 67:-
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As may be expected from its altitude, the prospect on every
side is extensive. We overlook an immense assemblage of
mountains, which to particularize would be thought tedious;
and a mere list of their names could convey little
information. The near ones exhibit the stern grandeur of
their rocky summits; but their general arrangement is not so
splendid, nor their forms so stately, as when viewed from
Helvellyn, or from the ascent to Skiddaw; and there is a
deficiency of the rich lowland views that may be had from
the latter mountain.
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Satiated by mountain scenery, the eye is instinctively
turned towards the sea, which opens to a great extent, and
shews the various indentations of the Lancashire and
Cumberland coasts; with the isle
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Page 68:-
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of Walney stretching from the bay of Morecambe to the
estuary of the Duddon. The top of Ingleborough may be seen
in the distance; but it requires a very clear atmosphere to
discern the mountains of North Wales, which stretch out to
the right of Black Combe. The Isle of Man is frequently
visible; and, when the surface of the sea is covered with a
thin film of vapour, the effect at first sight is curious;
the island appearing more like an object in the clouds than
one seated in the water. The fells of Coniston exclude the
view of Lancaster sands; but an opening, between the Old Man
and Dow Crag, directs to the church and castle of Lancaster.
Some portions of Scotland appear on the right and left of
the Ennerdale and Derwent Fells; and we are just permitted
to see a part of the lake of Windermere, between Low Wood
Inn and Bowness; also the eastern side of Derwentwater, and
a part of Wast Water, with Devoke Water, Sty-head Tarn, and
a small mountain tarn above Borrowdale.
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From a point a little to the southward, we can take a peep
into the head of the vale of Eskdale, far below us; and
beyond it, a single habitation in Seathwaite, near the rise
of the Duddon. Passing towards Great-end a portion of
Crummock Lake comes in sight; and from Great-end, and Esk
Hause, there are more open views towards the head of
Windermere, and the lake of Derwentwater.
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STATION I.- SCAWFELL highest point, THE PIKES.
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Latitude 54° 27′ 24″ N. Longitude
3° 12′ W. Height 3160 feet.
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placename:-
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Pikes, The
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date:-
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1823
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19th century, early; 1820s
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Otley 1818
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New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland,
Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch,
by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh,
Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland
now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s. |
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PIKES
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Pikes
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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