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| Kilnstones Wood, Longsleddale | ||
| Kilnstones Wood | ||
| locality:- | Longsleddale | |
| civil parish:- | Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | wood | |
| coordinates:- | NY50140187 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5001 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY50 | |
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 BTO59.jpg Tree falling in progress; the wood getting thinner, the red squirrel habitat being destroyed. (taken 24.9.2010)  BTQ64.jpg Tree falling in progress. (taken 11.10.2010) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 15) placename:- Kilnstones Wood |
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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. Parcel 394 28.490 acres? |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1
mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas
Jefferys, London, 1770. J5NY40SE.jpg trees; woodland item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | map:- OS Six Inch (1956) placename:- Kilnstones Wood |
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| source data:- | Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about
6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey,
Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s,
then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on
demand from digital data. SINY5001.jpg "Kilnstones Wood" |
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 BTZ53.jpg (taken 1.2.2011)  BTO57.jpg Timber. (taken 24.9.2010)  BTO58.jpg Timber. (taken 24.9.2010) |
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 BTR08.jpg Timber. (taken 11.10.2010)  BTR09.jpg Timber. (taken 11.10.2010)  BTR10.jpg Timber. (taken 11.10.2010) |
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| hearsay:- |
There were local protests that an important habitat for red squirrels, who are threatenned
enough already, was being destroyed by the felling of this wood. The official responses
were varied. The Forestry Commission, a telephone response, was 'we don't care'; other
responses were on the lines of 'what red squirrels, they're not reported here'. Red
squirrels are, or were, frequent visitors to Kilnstones, and they had been reported
to supposedly competent authorities. However the reports do not seem to get into the
county database about wildlife. The system of reporting this and other species badly
needs overall, especially if it is to continue to be used to make planning decisions. |
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