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Crag Hill, Buttermere
Crag Hill
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Above Derwent (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   boundary feature
locality type:-   parish boundary feature
coordinates:-   NY19262033 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY1920
10Km square:-   NY12
altitude:-   2752 feet
altitude:-   839m


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CDS02.jpg  from Hobcarton.
(taken 17.8.2015)  
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BLM47.jpg  From the path up Knott Rigg from Newlands Hause; Sail on the right.
(taken 25.12.2005)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 63 15) 
placename:-  Crag Hill
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 descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P134, button  goto source
Page 134:-  "The road, or rather track, [from Newlands Hause] ... On the right, at the head of a deep green hill, a naked furrowed mountain, of an orange hue, has a strange appearance amongst its verdant neighbours, and sinks, by his height, even Skiddaw itself."


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BJQ12.jpg (taken 10.6.2005)  
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BNE28.jpg  Whiteless Pike; Grasmoor and Wandhope; Crag Hill
(taken 14.2.2007)  
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BOR75.jpg (taken 13.2.2008)  
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BPJ46.jpg (taken 23.6.2008)  
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BSD30.jpg  Wandope, Addacomb, Crag Hill, Scar Crags.
(taken 10.2.2010)  

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