Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Great Asby Scar, Asby | ||
| Great Asby Scar | ||
| Asby Scar | ||
| civil parish:- | Asby (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Crosby Ravensworth (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Orton S (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| locality type:- | National Nature Reserve | |
| coordinates:- | NY65511028 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6510 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY61 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY60 | |
| SummaryText:- | this is used as a label for the whole area of Asby Scar | |
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 BNN52.jpg (taken 10.4.2007)  BNN53.jpg (taken 10.4.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 22 10) placename:- Great Asby Scar placename:- Asby Scar, Great |
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| 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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 CCM45.jpg (taken 17.2.2015)  CCM46.jpg (taken 17.2.2015)  CCM57.jpg Limestone pavement, (taken 17.2.2015)  CCM58.jpg Limestone pavement, and a shelter? (taken 17.2.2015)  Click to enlarge CCM60.jpg Limestone pavement, (taken 17.2.2015)  CCM63.jpg Limestone pavement, (taken 17.2.2015) |
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 CCM67.jpg Tree. (taken 17.2.2015) |
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 CCM36.jpg Cairn, (taken 17.2.2015)  CCM42.jpg Cairn, (taken 17.2.2015)  CCM43.jpg Cairn, (taken 17.2.2015)  CCM47.jpg Cairn, (taken 17.2.2015)  CCM59.jpg Cairn, (taken 17.2.2015) |
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Limestone pavements, landscape of clints, grikes and runnels, with galcial erratic
boulders of pink shap granite and red sandstone. |
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| : 2004: Great Asby Scar: English Nature:: ISBN 1 85716 816 X; small leaflet |
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