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Swirls Gap, St John's Castlerigg etc
Swirls Gap
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   NY318158
1Km square:-   NY3115
10Km square:-   NY31

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series
placename:-  
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.
"Swirls Gap"
But no indication of what it is. There is no obvious 'gap'. 

evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Ambleside to Keswick) 
placename:-  Swirl's Gate
source data:-   Map, A Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"Swirl's Gate"
item:-  private collection : 10.9
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