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SHIRE STONES, three stones and a stone-pillar at the meeting-point of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire; at the head of the mountain-pass from Duddon vale to Little Langdale, 5 miles NW by W of Hawkshead.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "three stones and a stone-pillar at the meeting-point of Cumberland, Westmoreland" (ADL Feature Type: "monuments") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland Ancient County Lancashire Ancient County Westmorland Ancient County |
| Place: | Three Shire Stone |
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