Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MOSEDALE

MOSEDALE, a glen on the mutual border of Cumberland and Lancashire; forming the upper part of Seathwaite valley, along the river Duddon; descending south-south-westward, from the W side of Weatherlam; and flanked, on the right, by Greyfriars mountain,-on the left, by the Old Man of Coniston.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a glen"   (ADL Feature Type: "valleys")
Administrative units: Cumberland Ancient County       Lancashire Ancient County
Place: Mosedale

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