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GLENCOIN, a ravine traversed by a streamlet, on the mutual boundary of Cumberland and Westmoreland. It descends from Watson-Dodd, 1½ mile eastward, to Ulles-water, at a point 1¾ mile SW of Aira Bridge; is overhung, on the S side, by Stybarrow Crag, -on the N side, by the heights of Gowbarrow Park; and has much romantic and beautiful scenery.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a ravine traversed by a streamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "canyons") |
Administrative units: | Cumberland AncC Westmorland AncC |
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