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Blea Water Crag, Mardale
Blea Water Crag
locality:-   Mardale
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   rocks
locality type:-   cirque
coordinates:-   NY446104 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4410
10Km square:-   NY41

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
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.
image OT01P035, button  goto source
Page 35:-  "... Blea Water, ... lies at the foot of a lofty rock called Blea Water Crag. ..."

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