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Borrowdale, romantic valley, W. Cumberland, stretching between lofty peaks from about Glaramara mountain N. to Derwent Water; the "Bowder Stone", opposite Castle Crag, is a mass of fallen rock, 62 ft. long, 36 high, and 84 in circumference.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "romantic valley" (ADL Feature Type: "valleys") |
Administrative units: | Cumberland AncC |
Place: | Borrowdale |
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