Hen-Comb Lead Mine

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Hen Comb

Peak

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Hen Comb is a fell in the west of the English Lake District. One of the Loweswater Fells it lies to the south of Loweswater lake and Loweswater village. Although of only moderate height, its ascent can be difficult as it is largely surrounded by bogs.

Mellbreak

Peak

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Mellbreak is a hill in the Western part of the English Lake District. Despite being surrounded on all sides by higher fells, it stands in isolation. It is surrounded on three sides by a "moat" of deep marshy land, and on the east side by the lake of Crummock Water.

Floutern Tarn

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Floutern Tarn is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Hen-Comb Lead Mine.

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Brackenthwaite

Hamlet

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Brackenthwaite is a hamlet in the parish of Buttermere, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is situated some 6 miles south of Cockermouth. It lies within the Lake District National Park. Brackenthwaite is situated 2½ miles northeast of Hen-Comb Lead Mine.

Buttermere

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Buttermere is a village of 120 people in Cumbria that takes its name from Buttermere, a lake in the Lake District National Park.

Thackthwaite

Hamlet

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Thackthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England, from which hikers can climb Low Fell and Fellbarrow. The place-name contains thwaite. A second place called Thackthwaite is located just to the north of Little Mell Fell, at. Thackthwaite is situated 3 miles north of Hen-Comb Lead Mine.

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