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Keppel Cove, Patterdale
Keppel Cove
civil parish:-   Patterdale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   cirque
coordinates:-   NY34411656 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3416
10Km square:-   NY31


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CCD22.jpg  The empty tarn in the foreground.
(taken 18.11.2014)  
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CCD23.jpg (taken 18.11.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 12 9) 
placename:-  Keppel Cove
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:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (4th edn 1830) 
placename:-  Keppel Cove Head
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, The Mountains of Ullswater as seen from Pooley Bridge, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland et al, 1830.
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p.109 in A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 4th edition, 1830.  "The Mountains of Ulswater: / as seen from Pooley Bridge."
"Swarth Fell / Cawdale Moor / Winter Crag / Dove Crags / Hallen Fell, and Place Fell / Stone Cross Pike / Birk Fell / Dolly Waggon Pike / Nether Cove Head / Helvellyn High Man / Catchety Cam / Helvellyn Low Man / Herring Pike / Keppel Cove Head / Raise / Greenside / Gowbarrow"
item:-  Armitt Library : A1175.5
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (8th edn 1849) 
placename:-  Keppel Cove Head
source data:-   Engraving, outline view of mountains, Ullswater from Pooley Bridge, drawn by T Binns, engraved by O Jewitt, opposite p.12 of A Descriptive Guide of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 8th edition, 1849.
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item:-  Armitt Library : A1180.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
placename:-  Keppel Cove Head
source data:-   Print, woodcut outline view, Mountains of Ullswater, by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, 1830.
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Printed on p.113 of A Concise Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, 5th edition, 1834.  "MOUNTAINS OF ULLSWATER: as seen from Pooley Bridge."
Mountains are listed:-  "Swarth Fell / Cawdale Moor / Winter Crag / Dove Crags / Martindale Hause / Hallen Fell, and Place Fell / Stone Cross Pike / Birk Fell / Dolly Waggon Pike / Nether Cove Head / Helvellyn High Man / Catchety Cam / Helvellyn Low Man / Herring Pike / Keppel Cove Head / Raise / Greenside / Gowbarrow"
item:-  JandMN : 48.13
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1856 (23rd edn 1900) 
placename:-  Keppel Cove Head
source data:-   Print, lithograph, Outline Views, Ullswater - Mountains as seen a little on the Matterdale Road near Lyulph's Tower on Ullswater, and Mountains as seen at the Slate Quarry at Blowick on Ullswater, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1900.
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"... 16 Keppel Cove Head ..."
item:-  JandMN : 37.8
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evidence:-   outline view:- Black 1841 (3rd edn 1846) 
placename:-  Keppel Cove Head
source data:-   Print, engraving, outline view, Mountains as seen a little on the Matterdale Road near Lyulph's Tower on Ulleswater, and Mountains as seen at the Slate Quarry at Blowick on Ulleswater, by J Flintoft, Keswick, Cumberland, engraved by R Mason, Edinburgh, Lothian, about 1846.
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"... 16 Keppel Cove Head ..."
item:-  JandMN : 32.15
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BUV13.jpg (taken 20.6.2011)  
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CET48.jpg  and Red Screes.
(taken 14.3.2016)  
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CCD21.jpg  The upper cove within Keppel Cove.
(taken 18.11.2014)  

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