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Muncaster Fell, the Glossary

Muncaster Fell is a fell at the far western edge of the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, England.^[1]

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Alfred Wainwright

Alfred Wainwright MBE (17 January 1907 – 20 January 1991), who preferred to be known as A. Wainwright or A.W., was a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator.

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Andesite

Andesite is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition.

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Bamboo

Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.

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Bilberry

Bilberries or blueberries are Eurasian low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium in the flowering plant family Ericaceae that bear edible, dark blue berries.

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Borrowdale Volcanic Group

The Borrowdale Volcanic Group is a group of igneous rock formations named after the Borrowdale area of the Lake District, in England.

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Bracken

Bracken (Pteridium) is a genus of large, coarse ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae.

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Cliff

In geography and geology, a cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Cyperaceae

The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges.

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In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Diamicton

Diamicton (also diamict) (from Greek δια (dia-): through and μεικτός (meiktós): mixed) is a terrigenous sediment (a sediment resulting from dry-land erosion) that is unsorted to poorly sorted and contains particles ranging in size from clay to boulders, suspended in an unconsolidated matrix of mud or sand.

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Dolmen

A dolmen or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table".

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Drift (geology)

In geology, drift is a name for all sediment (clay, silt, sand, gravel, boulders) transported by a glacier and deposited directly by or from the ice, or by glacial meltwater.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eskdale Green

Eskdale Green is a village in Cumbria, England, 10 miles west of Coniston.

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Eskdale, Cumbria

Eskdale is a civil parish in the western Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England.

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Fell

A fell (from Old Norse fell, fjall, "mountain"Falk and Torp (2006:161).) is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain or moor-covered hill.

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Fluvial sediment processes

In geography and geology, fluvial sediment processes or fluvial sediment transport are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by sediments.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.

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Glannoventa

Glannoventa is a Roman fort associated with the Roman naval base at Ravenglass in Cumbria, England. Muncaster Fell and Glannoventa are Muncaster.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Hardknott Pass

Hardknott Pass is a hill pass between Eskdale and the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England.

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Hardknott Roman Fort

Hardknott Roman Fort is an archeological site, the remains of the Roman fort Mediobogdum, located on the western side of the challenging Hardknott Pass in the English Lake District.

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Hornfels

Hornfels is the group name for a set of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and hardened by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and have been rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.

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Igneous rock

Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.

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Illgill Head

Illgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District. Muncaster Fell and Illgill Head are fells of the Lake District and Marilyns of England.

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea is a body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Mannin, also Ellan Vannin) or Mann, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.

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Lake District

The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England.

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List of Marilyns in the British Isles

This is a list of Marilyn hills and mountains in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and surrounding islands and sea stacks.

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List of Wainwrights

Wainwrights are the 214 English peaks (known locally as fells) described in Alfred Wainwright's seven-volume Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (1955–66). Muncaster Fell and List of Wainwrights are fells of the Lake District.

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Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles

The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, prominence, and other criteria such as isolation.

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Lithology

The lithology of a rock unit is a description of its physical characteristics visible at outcrop, in hand or core samples, or with low magnification microscopy.

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Moss

Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta sensu stricto.

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Muncaster Castle

Muncaster Castle is a privately owned castle overlooking the River Esk, about a mile east of the west-coastal town of Ravenglass in Cumbria, England. Muncaster Fell and Muncaster Castle are Muncaster.

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National parks of the United Kingdom

National parks of the United Kingdom (parciau cenedlaethol; pàircean nàiseanta) are 15 areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape across the country.

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Ordnance Survey

The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain.

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Ordovician

The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era.

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Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.

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Ravenglass

Ravenglass is a coastal village in that lies between Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven, on the estuary of three rivers: the Esk, Mite and Irt. Muncaster Fell and Ravenglass are Muncaster.

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Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway

The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway is a minimum gauge heritage railway in Cumbria, England. Muncaster Fell and Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway are Muncaster.

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Rhododendron

Rhododendron (rhododendra) is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae).

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River Esk (Ravenglass)

The River Esk, sometimes called the Cumbrian Esk, is a river in Cumbria, England.

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River Mite

The River Mite is a river in the county of Cumbria in northern England.

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Roman roads

Roman roads (viae Romanae; singular: via Romana; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muncaster_Fell

Also known as Hooker Crag.

, Tarn (lake), The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, Ulex, Walney Wind Farm, Windscale Piles.

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