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| Fornside Crag, St John's Castlerigg etc | ||
| Fornside Crag | ||
| locality:- | St John's in the Vale | |
| civil parish:- | St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| coordinates:- | NY32462046 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3220 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY32 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 placename:- Fornside Cragg item:- fox hunting; echoes |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 61:- "... a beautiful, smooth valley, over which Fornside-Cragg hangs with awful grandeur, and during a flood exhibits a noble cascade pouring down its rugged face, and frequently re-echoes the shouts of the hunter who pursue the foxes that kennel in its sides, or take refuge there when pursued from other places. ..." |
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