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| Newtown Knott, Muncaster | ||
| Newtown Knott | ||
| civil parish:- | Muncaster (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | SD09419534 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD0995 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD09 | |
| altitude:- | 259 feet | |
| altitude:- | 79m | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 82 11) placename:- Newtown Knott |
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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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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Newtown Knott |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 385:- "..." "The entrance [to Ravenglass harbour] may be readily identified by ... the long sloping hill of Newtown Knott, south-eastward of Ravenglass, on which is a tall pillar, also helps to identify it." |
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