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Woundale Raise

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Etymology

, 1777 NB 188 , where it is described as ' another [ heap of stones ] supposed to have been a British sepulchre ' , v. prec. , hreysi ' cairn, heap of stones ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name