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Burnhope Seat - Trig Point

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Burnhope Seat - Trig Point
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Historic County Top (CoH): The highest point within (or sometimes on) the boundary of each county.
Historic - traditional list of counties from which people usually take their local cultural identity. In the UK they were never abolished, they just ceased to have administrative function. In the Republic of Ireland, most of the original counties are still real and important.

County Top: Durham (CoH)
County: Durham
Classification: CoH
Meters/Feet: 746.5/2449
Feature: Trig point
Observations: grassy mound 390m WNW at NY 78445 37561 (hill 2714) is 1.3m higher and highest point of fell
Survey: Abney level
Parent name (Ma): Burnhope Seat
Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.1 (http://www.hills-database.co.uk)
Copyright: Creative Commons License
Notes: The inclusion of a summit on our site may not always mean the hill is accessible. Some summits may be on private land with no public right of way or open access. Landowner permission must be sought before accessing a hill on private land. Access rights in Scotland are separate from the rest of the UK.

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NY 78788 37538

54.732370, -2.330913

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54°43'56.5"N 2°19'51.3"W

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30U 543084 6065215

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