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| Catherinehole Scar, Solway Firth | ||
| Catherinehole Scar | ||
| locality:- | Beckfoot Flats | |
| locality:- | Solway Firth | |
| civil parish:- | Holme Low (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| coordinates:- | NY090510 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0951 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY05 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Catherinehole Scar item:- anchorage |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 398:- "... Beckfoot flats, which dry and on which are a number of scars. Catherinehole scar, which dries about 8 feet (2m4), lies near the outer edge of these flats, about midway between Ellison scar and Lees scar, at the northern end." goto sourcePage 399:- "... there are depths of from 4 to 6 fathoms (7m5 to 11m0), sand and clay, in Catherinehole, where temporary anchorage may be obtained, sheltered from all winds by sandbanks which dry at about half ebb. As stated before, these depths are subject to change." |
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