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FAIRFIELD, a mountain in Westmoreland; between the basin of Ulleswater and that of Windermere. Its summit is 2½ miles SSE of the summit of Helvellyn; has an altitude of 2, 950 feet above sea-level; and commands an extensive and impressive view. Its southern declivity is a long, tumnlated, broken ridge, descending to the vicinity of Ambleside; and projects, about midway between summit and skirt, into an abrupt secondary height called Nab Scar, commanding a brilliant view over the adjacent vales.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a mountain" (ADL Feature Type: "mountains") |
Administrative units: | Westmorland AncC |
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