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  • ...ee Shires Stone - geograph.org.uk - 919622.jpg|thumb|right|The Three Shire Stone.]] ...r]], [[Cumberland]] and [[Westmorland]] meet. The point lies in the [[Lake District]] at the summit of [[Wrynose Pass]]; latitude 54°25' North, longitude 3°7' ...
    2 KB (262 words) - 20:04, 15 May 2017
  • ...e border between Lancashire and Westmorland and Cumberland in turn and the Three Shires Point is on the pass, marked with a bold pillar inscribed "Lancashir ...this dale to the Three Shires Stone, which is on the watershed. Past the stone, the pass follows the upper stream of the [[River Duddon]] down until the d ...
    2 KB (346 words) - 10:30, 20 January 2018
  • |range=Lake District Southern Fells '''Pike o' Blisco''', or '''Pike of Blisco''', is a mountain in the [[Lake District]] on the border of [[Cumberland]] with [[Westmorland]]. Located between the ...
    6 KB (985 words) - 13:54, 2 February 2016
  • |LG district=North Dorset ...r, Egbert of Wessex, was said to have placed the stone there to settle the shire boundaries.<ref>{{cite book |title=Curiosities of Somerset |last=Leete-Hodg ...
    4 KB (617 words) - 12:11, 8 February 2016
  • ...County of Westmorland''' is a mountainous [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]], with some of the grandest scenery of the land. It is bounded to the nor ...tern neighbour famous. The western half of the county is within the [[Lake District]] National Park. ...
    11 KB (1,588 words) - 18:52, 22 February 2019
  • ...er on the border of [[Lancashire]] with [[Westmorland]], within the [[Lake District]]. Its name comes from Old Norse and means ''broad river''. ...Brathay rises at a point 1,289 feet above sea level near the [[Three shire stone]], where [[Cumberland]], [[Lancashire]] and [[Westmorland]] meet at the hig ...
    3 KB (393 words) - 07:24, 28 May 2017
  • '''Little Langdale''' is a valley in [[Westmorland]], and within the [[Lake District]], watered by the upper reaches of the [[River Brathay]], running down to [ ...e [[River Brathay]] in 3 spans supported by a large mid-stream boulder and stone causeways is a 16th-century,<ref name=NTblog>[http://countryside-catchup.bl ...
    8 KB (1,326 words) - 19:00, 1 February 2016
  • |range=Lake District Southern Fells ...above [[Langdale]]. It is accounted one of the Southern Fells of the Lake District. ...
    7 KB (1,117 words) - 16:34, 7 June 2017
  • ...ire]], and to the south [[Stirlingshire]], [[Clackmannanshire]], [[Kinross-shire]] and [[Fife]]. ...hire south of the main body, bounded by [[Clackmannanshire]] and [[Fife]]. Three other detached parts exist, one in the vicinity of [[Kippen]] in Stirlingsh ...
    13 KB (1,911 words) - 19:22, 16 April 2017
  • The Duddon rises 1,289 feet above sea level near the [[Three shire stone]] at the top of the [[Wrynose Pass]] which marks the point where [[Cumberla ...e east. The dale is not so frequented by visitors as the rest of the Lake District and remains a calmer reminder of earlier days. ...
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  • ...nties of the United Kingdom|shire]] commanding the mountains of the [[Lake District]] to the coast, stretching along the coast of the [[Solway Firth]] and the ...hese two counties being dominated by the high, harsh mountains of the Lake District, an area of spectacular natural beauty. Cumberland is a popular holiday de ...
    16 KB (2,422 words) - 13:18, 19 February 2019
  • |name=Inverness-shire |map image=Inverness-shire - British Isles.svg ...
    23 KB (3,722 words) - 19:09, 5 January 2021
  • ...west and [[Banffshire]] to the east. To the south inland lies [[Inverness-shire]]. The [[county town]] is [[Elgin]], which has also given the county its a ...locally situate in Inverness-shire, and a corresponding part of Inverness-shire interposes itself between coast Moray and its larger detached portion. ...
    14 KB (2,251 words) - 18:44, 5 January 2021
  • {{#vardefine:shire|County Armagh}} .... The path offers access to both the cairns on top of the mountain and the lake, while the Courtyard Centre offers refreshments and facilities. ...
    16 KB (2,693 words) - 21:40, 10 October 2014
  • ...Moffat Hills close by, having been introduced as fry from [[Bassenthwaite Lake]] in [[Cumberland]], in 1997 and 1999, since when the Bassenthwaite vendace ...nt reads, "In Memory of Joe Graham for many years huntsman of the Dumfries Shire fox hounds who died in 1893 at the age of 80 and now he has gone far far aw ...
    13 KB (2,260 words) - 22:43, 21 March 2017
  • ...nd the [[Highlands]]. It is a triangular [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] at the north-eastern tip of [[Great Britain]], bounded to the north and t ...nnet Head, while nearby John o' Groats at the north-easterly corner of the shire and of Great Britain is the end of the traditional measure of the length of ...
    13 KB (2,053 words) - 18:13, 8 February 2016
  • [[File:Castlerigg.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Castlerigg Stone Circle]] [[File:Castlerigg Stone Circle.JPG|right|thumb|220px|The Stone Circle close to]] ...
    21 KB (3,405 words) - 14:24, 16 July 2016
  • The '''County of Stafford''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the Midlands. It borders [[Cheshire]] to the north, [[Shropshire]] to ...al hills. Wild moorlands cover the far north, rising high into the [[Peak District]], and in the south is found [[Cannock Chase]] an area of natural beauty, f ...
    14 KB (2,054 words) - 17:49, 3 July 2022
  • |name=Ross-shire |map image=Ross-shire Brit Isles Sect 2.svg ...
    22 KB (3,583 words) - 09:40, 14 April 2018
  • The '''County of Wigtown''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] in the south-western corner of [[Scotland]]. Wigtownshire is also known a ...int in [[Scotland]], the [[Mull of Galloway]]. In its narrow confines the shire contains a variety of landscape, such as the [[Machars]] in the south and t ...
    13 KB (2,064 words) - 14:08, 9 November 2015
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