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| Lower Foss, North Yorkshire | ||
| Lower Foss | ||
| county:- | North Yorkshire | |
| locality type:- | waterfall | |
| coordinates:- | SD75868200 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD7582 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD78 | |
| references:- | Balderston c1890 |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Balderston c1890 placename:- Lower Foss placename:- Lower Force |
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| source data:- | Book, Ingleton, Bygone and Present, by Robert R and Margaret
Balderston, published by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, and
by Edmndson and Co, 24 High Street, Skipton, Yorkshire, about
1890. goto sourcepage 77:- "... About a quarter of a mile from the foot [of Force Gill] is the Lower Foss, forty feet in height, coming over a wall of rock formed like a semi-ellipse. The rock at the bottom for nearly half the height is composed of hard, shaly material; above this is a rusty or discoloured limestone, and a few mountain ash, willow, and birch, with many primroses deck the sombre face of the cliffs." |
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