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    Skiddaw is a mountain in the Lake District National Park in England. Its 931-metre (3,054 ft) summit is traditionally considered to be the fourth-highest...
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    Skiddaw Little Man, also called Little Man, is a fell in the English Lake District; it is situated four kilometres north of the town of Keswick and reaches...
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    For the Skiddaw group of hills, see Skiddaw Group The Skiddaw Group is a group of sedimentary rock formations named after the mountain Skiddaw in the English...
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  • Skiddaw slate is an early Ordovician metamorphosed sedimentary rock, as first identified on the slopes of Skiddaw in the English Lake District. The base...
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    highest: Scafell Pike (978 m; 3,209 ft), Helvellyn (950 m; 3,120 ft) and Skiddaw (931 m; 3,054 ft). The region also contains sixteen major lakes. They include...
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    The Musical Stones of Skiddaw are a number of lithophones built across two centuries around the town of Keswick, northern England, using hornfels, a stone...
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    slates by creating slaty cleavages. In the Early to Middle Ordovician the Skiddaw Group was a deep submarine sedimentary basin whose sediments were largely...
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    England, four kilometres north-west of Keswick. It forms part of the Skiddaw range in the northern part of the national park and the slopes are heavily...
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    valley of Borrowdale from the summit. It is the least mountainous of the Skiddaw fells, the summit being almost entirely devoid of rock. The slopes of Latrigg...
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  • Sergeant Man Sergeant's Crag Sheffield Pike Shipman Knotts Silver How Skiddaw Skiddaw Little Man Slate Fell Slight Side Sour Howes Souther Fell Starling...
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    called Home From Home, playing the lead role of Neil Hackett. Filmed at Skiddaw View Holiday Park, the episode aired on BBC Two on 30 August 2016. In December...
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    Ocean began to close. Initial deepwater sedimentation recorded by the Skiddaw Group was followed by the development of a continental arc caused by the...
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    In the Lake District, the junction between the early Ordovician series, Skiddaw Slate, and the Borrowdale Volcanic that was forced under it, can be seen...
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    the smallest group by total number of hills. Skiddaw, 931 m (3,054 ft) Blencathra, 868 m (2,848 ft) Skiddaw Little Man, 865 m (2,838 ft) Carl Side, 746...
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    o'Skiddaw region, an area of wild and unfrequented moorland to the north of Skiddaw and Blencathra. Other tops in this region include High Pike, Carrock Fell...
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    London and across England, Till Skiddaw saw the fire that burnt on Gaunt's embattled pile, And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle...
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    Lakeland country via Coniston Water, Langdale, Borrowdale, Derwent Water, Skiddaw Forest and Caldbeck. It is a primarily low-level route with some high-level...
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    about 10 miles (16 km) wide. At the centre is the marshy depression of Skiddaw Forest — a treeless plateau at an altitude of 1,300 ft (400 m) — and flowing...
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    provided inspiration for writing. His first publication was the poem "On Skiddaw and Derwent Water" (originally entitled "Lines written at the Lakes in...
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    Bob Graham Round runner and supporters descending Skiddaw....
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    part of the Cumbrian Mountains in the Lake District of England. Including Skiddaw, they occupy a wide area to the north of Keswick. Smooth, sweeping slopes...
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    pyeongyeong, derived from the Chinese bianqing. The Musical Stones of Skiddaw from Cumbria, England have been made into an instrument placed at Keswick...
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    "ring-stones" due to their ability to ring like a bell. The Musical Stones of Skiddaw are an example of a lithophone made from hornfels. List of rock types –...
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    Cumbria in England. The river rises high up on the northern flanks of Skiddaw, in the Northern Fells area of the English Lake District, and flows in...
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    stands at the junction of the two main Lakeland geological systems, the Skiddaw slates to the north and the Borrowdale Volcanics to the south. On the northern...
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    aerial view of Derwentwater. Bassenthwaite Lake, the Newlands Valley, Skiddaw and Keswick all show well to the north, while the view south has a fine...
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  • Keswick Convention Centre was opened on 12 July 1987, on the site in Skiddaw Street. The rear of the roof became a point of support for the tent erected...
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    mountains and beyond. All of England's 3,000-foot (910-metre) mountains (Skiddaw, Helvellyn and the Scafells) can be well seen from the summit while the...
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    Cumberland Historic county Skiddaw; River Esk; Carlisle Castle Flag Area  • 1831 969,490 acres (3,923.4 km2)1831 Census cited in Vision of Britain – Ancient...
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  • novels, the role of barman alternates between Eric and another barman, Alec Skiddaw - but while Alec is mentioned by name in the TV series, only Eric appears...
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