Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KESKADALE

KESKADALE, a hill-vale in Cumberland; 5½ miles SW of Keswick. It deflects south-westward from Newlands vale; and is flanked on one side by Causey-Pike, -on the other by Great Robinson. Keskadale Haws is a steep ascent at its head.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hill-vale"   (ADL Feature Type: "valleys")
Administrative units: Cumberland Ancient County
Place: Keskadale

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