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WREKIN (The), a craggy trap mountain in the E of Salop; 2½ miles SW of Wellington. It is 1,320 feet high; it figures conspicuously in a great extent of landscape; and it commands a magnificent prospect.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a craggy trap mountain" (ADL Feature Type: "mountains") |
| Administrative units: | Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | THE WREKIN | WREKIN | WREKIN THE |
| Place: | Wrekin |
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