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Moorthwaite Quarries, Cumwhitton
Moorthwaite Quarries
locality:-   Moorthwaite
civil parish:-   Cumwhitton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   quarry
coordinates:-   NY503503 (roughly) 
1Km square:-   NY5050
10Km square:-   NY55

evidence:-   old painting:- 
source data:-   Painting, watercolour, Moorthwaite Quarries, Eden Valley, Cumwhitton, Cumberland, by William James Blacklock, 1850-58?
image  click to enlarge
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A shallow stream winds from foreground past a steep rocky outcrop topped by bushes and rough grassland. 
item:-  Tullie House Museum : 1946.67.12
Image © Tullie House Museum

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