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Penton Mound

In her 1912 book 'Prehistoric London: its mounds and circles' E.O. Gordon identifies this spot as one of London's four mounds. Each one fullfilled a different symbolic purpose. She believes that Penton Mound was an observatory, possibly used by Merlin. There was a C18th pleaure garden nearby in Skinner Street called Old Merlin's Cave and a newer one near the Sadler's Wells that played host to various punk bands. There's lots more about this neck of the woods here: http://islingtongue.blogspot.com

Long. -0.11031, Lat. 51.53119 | written on 13th Sep 2005 by John Rogers | Email this to a friend | abusive?

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frank replies: I always throught this was a covered reservoir!

It's shown as such on the A-Z: http://tinyurl.com/an3ek

written 15th Sep 2005 | abusive?

John Rogers replies: Yeah, Thames Water seem to be under the same impression. Officially it is known as the New River Head Upper Reservoir.

written 16th Sep 2005 | abusive?

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