Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Nine Standards, Hartley

Nine Standards, Hartley

Nine Standards

site name:-

Nine Standards Rigg

civil parish:-

Hartley (formerly Westmorland)

civil parish:-

Winton (formerly Westmorland) (as well?)

county:-

Cumbria

locality type:-

cairn

coordinates:-

NY82490655 (etc)

1Km square:-

NY8206

10Km square:-

NY80

BQI96.jpg (taken 3.4.2009)
photograph

BQI97.jpg (taken 3.4.2009)

evidence:-

old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)
placename:- Nine Standards

source data:-

Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

J5NY80NW.jpg
"Nine Standards"
nine dots, on county boundary
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-

descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
item:- latitude; longitude; lat and long

source data:-

Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.

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Page 78:- "STATION II.- SKIDDAW."
"Latitude 54° 39′ 12″ N. Longitude 3° 8′ 9″W. Height 3022 feet."


	BEARINGS	Distances in miles	Height in feet

Nine Standards, Westmorland	68 SE	38	2136

evidence:-

database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:- Nine Standards

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"NINE STANDARDS / / / HARTLEY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73327 / NY8248406538"

source data:-

courtesy of English Heritage
"Group of nine cairns crossing boundary between Hartley and Winton parishes; mentioned 1635. Drystone construction c10-12 ft high tapering towards top. Very prominent in landscape."