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Alcock Tarn, Lakes
Alcock Tarn
Buttercrags Tarn
Butter Crags Tarn
Grey Crag Tarn
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tarn
coordinates:-   NY34910789 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY3407
10Km square:-   NY30
altitude:-   1190 feet
altitude:-   365m

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BSF74.jpg (taken 2.3.2010)  
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BSF73.jpg (taken 2.3.2010)  
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 1913) 
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
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BRS33.jpg (taken 7.10.2009)  
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BRS34.jpg (taken 7.10.2009)  
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BSF76.jpg  Dam at north end.
(taken 2.3.2010)  
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BSF77.jpg  Dam at north end, spillway.
(taken 2.3.2010)  
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BSF78.jpg  Dam at north end, spillway?
Dam at north end.
(taken 2.3.2010)  
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BSF75.jpg (taken 2.3.2010)  
hearsay:-  
 The name was changed to Alcock Tarn when Mr Alcock stocked it with trout. The fishing is free.
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