A celebration of the landscapes, culture, heritage and people of Cumbria and the Lake District.
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Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
...in which we celebrate World Heritage Day by exploring Great Langdale with National Trust archaeologist Jamie Lund. Setting out from Sticklebarn, we talk dry stone walls, the remarkable Cumbrian commons and the legacy of campaigner George Trevelyan, before surveying Pike o’Stickle and the perilously-located axe factory – part of the UK’s first major industry.
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Ref the axe factory, a good few years ago a friend of mine found some blank's in a sand dune at eskmeals, they had been uncovered by a storm. The theory is that they were taken there to be finnished and polished in the coastal sand.
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