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Dufton Fell, Dufton
Dufton Fell
civil parish:-   Dufton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   fell
locality type:-   military range (small part) 
coordinates:-   NY754293 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY7529
10Km square:-   NY72
MN photo:-  
 Most of the ranges are south of here, Murton Fell, Hilton Fell, etc.

photograph
BQS05.jpg (taken 1.6.2009)  
photograph
BQS06.jpg (taken 1.6.2009)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 6 10) 
placename:-  Dufton Fell
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.
evidence:-   possibly old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Meldon Forrest
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.
image
MD10NY72.jpg
"Meldon Forrest"
Trees. 
item:-  JandMN : 24
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Dufton Fell
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.
image
J5NY72NW.jpg
"DUFTON FELL"
hill hachuring; hill or mountain 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Dufton Fell
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24NY72.jpg
"Dufton Fell"
hill hachuring 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

photograph
CEV76.jpg  Baryte crystal from a mine.
(taken 15.4.2016)  
Now in Killhope Lead Mining Museum, item 2008.199.
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