Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Kokoarrah, Irish Sea | ||
| Kokoarrah | ||
| locality:- | Irish Sea | |
| civil parish:- | Drigg and Carleton (formerly Cumberland) (off) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| locality type:- | sandbank | |
| coordinates:- | SD04429696 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD0496 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD09 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 82 5) placename:- Kokoarrah |
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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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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Kokoarrah Scar |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 385:- "..." "Kokoarrah and Barn scars, which dry, extend about three-quarters of a mile offshore at 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 miles, respectively, north-westward of Drigg point." "..." "The whole coastline north-westward of Kokoarrah scar is clear of danger at one mile offshore, with depths of from 5 to 7 fathoms (9m1 to 12m8) at that distance." "St. Bees Head light kept in sight leads clear of all these dangers." |
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