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| Eskdale Moor, Eskdale | ||
| Eskdale Moor | ||
| Burnmoor | ||
| civil parish:- | Eskdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| locality type:- | moor | |
| coordinates:- | NY18110374 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1803 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY10 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 79 7) placename:- Eskdale Moor |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| hearsay:- |
This area was inhabited long in the past, and was later an important meeting place. |
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| People from Eskdale, Wasdale, and Miterdale valleys would celebrate Beltane here,
with bonfires in May. |
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