Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Adam's Observatory, Skiddaw | ||
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| Adam's Observatory | ||
| site name:- | Skiddaw | |
| civil parish:- | Underskiddaw (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | observatory | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2629 (?) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY22 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- |
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| source data:- | Source not known, 1819? "... this cold is in a great avoided by descending and sheltering from it [north wind]
... If the wind is from the west, what remains of Adam's observatory is excellently
accomodating." |
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