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  2. Fleetwith Pike - Wikipedia

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    Fleetwith Pike. /  54.51594°N 3.22956°W  / 54.51594; -3.22956. Fleetwith Pike is a fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria which reaches a height of 648 metres (2,126 feet). The fell is a well-known feature of the area as it casts an imposing presence over Buttermere and the Honister Pass on the B5289 motor road ...

  3. Kirkby Slate Quarries - Wikipedia

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    Kirkby Slate Quarries, formally known as Burlington Slate Quarries, are located near Kirkby-in-Furness in Cumbria, England. [1] [2] The quarries have produced a characteristic blue-grey slate for over 450 years, with large-scale production starting in the early 19th century, when the Cavendish family organised small-scale quarrying activities ...

  4. Castlerigg stone circle - Wikipedia

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    Castlerigg Stone Circle (alternatively Keswick Carles, or Carles) [ 3][ 4] is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. [ 5] It is one of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from approximately ...

  5. Grey Croft stone circle - Wikipedia

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    Description. Grey Croft stone circle is a circle of 12 stones situated south of the Sellafield nuclear site. [1] The circle is about 600 metres from the sea. Only 10 of the original 12 stones are currently standing. [2] There is a small outlying stone 21 metres to the north.

  6. Lingmoor Fell - Wikipedia

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    Topo map. OS Landranger 89, 90 OS Explorer OL6. Lingmoor Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, situated eight kilometres (five miles) west of Ambleside. The fell reaches a height of 469 m (1,540 ft) and divides the valleys of Great Langdale and Little Langdale. The fell's name originates from the Old Norse word lyng meaning “heather ...

  7. Geology of the Lake District - Wikipedia

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    The Honister Slate Mine is the only mine in the Lake District still producing slates of this type. [30] Good quality slates are also found in parts of the Windermere Supergroup, particularly the blue-grey slates of the Tranearth Group, known as "Burlington Slates". These have been produced in large quantities since the 17th century.

  8. Honister Pass - Wikipedia

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    Honister Pass is a mountain pass in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It is located on the B5289 road, linking Seatoller, in the valley of Borrowdale, to Gatesgarth at the southern end of Buttermere. The pass reaches an elevation of 1,167 feet (356 m), making it one of the highest in the region, and also one of the steepest, with gradients ...

  9. History of medieval Cumbria - Wikipedia

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    Cumbria within England. The history of medieval Cumbria has several points of interest. The region's status as a borderland coping with 400 years of warfare is one. The attitude of the English central government, at once uninterested and deeply interested, is another. As a border region, of geopolitical importance, Cumbria changed hands between ...

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