Robin Hood (Borrowdale): Difference between revisions

Locality
Coordinates	54.4474, -2.2786
Adm. div.	Westmorland
Vicinity	c. 4.6 km E of Sadgill and c. 800 m E of Borrowdale
Type	Natural feature
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1859

Revision as of 12:47, 28 August 2017

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The hill named 'Robin Hood'.

Cairn on the west top of Robin Hood / Michael Graham, 10 Feb. 2008, Geograph, Creative Commons.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-08-28. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-08-28.

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Gazetteers

Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 305, s.n. Robin Hood.

Sources

Smith, A.H. The Place-Names of Westmorland (English Place-Name Society, vols. XLII, XLIII) (Cambridge, 1967), pt. II, p. 176; pt. I, p. lxvi for expansion of abbreviated source references.

Maps

Background

Brief mention

Godwin, Jeremy. '"Robin Hood", near Langwathby', Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Series 2, vol. 96 (1996), p. 236.

Notes

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Cairn on the west top of Robin Hood / Michael Graham, 10 Feb. 2008, Geograph, Creative Commons.
Robin Hood and High House Bank on the left. looking down Borrowdale from Borrowdale Moss / Michael Graham, 4 Jan. 2007, Geograph, Creative Commons.
Ascending Robin Hood, looking towards Sleddale Fell / Michael Graham, 4 Jan. 2007, Geograph, Creative Commons.
Crookdale seen from the slopes of Robin Hood / Michael Graham, 4 Jan. 2007, Geograph, Creative Commons.
Heading for Robin Hood / Karl and Ali, 19 Apr. 2014, Geograph, Creative Commons.

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 File:borrowdale-moss-michael-graham-geograph.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Robin Hood and High House Bank on the left. looking down Borrowdale from Borrowdale Moss / [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/304836 Michael Graham, 4 Jan. 2007, Geograph, Creative Commons.]
 File:ascending-robin-hood-michael-graham-geograph.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Ascending Robin Hood, looking towards Sleddale Fell / [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/304843 Michael Graham, 4 Jan. 2007, Geograph, Creative Commons.]
+File:crookdale-from-slopes-of-Robin-Hood-michael-graham-geograph.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Crookdale seen from the slopes of Robin Hood / [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/304844 Michael Graham, 4 Jan. 2007, Geograph, Creative Commons.]
 File:heading-for-robin-hood-karl-and-ali-geograph.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Heading for Robin Hood / [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3943201 Karl and Ali, 19 Apr. 2014, Geograph, Creative Commons.]
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