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SCALES, a hamlet under Saddleback mountain, in Cumberland; 5½ miles N E by E of Keswick. S. Tarnlies about a mile to the N N W; and is overhung allround, except on part of the N, by dark, lofty, precipitous crags.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet under Saddleback mountain" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Scales |
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