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quarry, Kentmere
Hart Crag Quarry
civil parish:-   Kentmere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   quarry
coordinates:-   NY45720803
1Km square:-   NY4508
10Km square:-   NY40


photograph
CBE16.jpg (taken 15.7.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series
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.
"Old Quarries"

evidence:-   possibly old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District Mining Field, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Postlethwaite, published by W H Moss and Sons, 13 Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland, 1877 edn 1913.
image
PST2NY40.jpg
quarry symbol, head of Kentmere valley 
item:-  JandMN : 162.2
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   possibly old print:- Rose 1832-35
source data:-   Print, engraving, Kentmere Head, and Slate Quarries, Westmorland, by Thomas Allom, engraved by S Bradshaw, 1834.
image  click to enlarge
R263.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 39
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photograph
BNP08.jpg (taken 18.4.2007)  
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CBE15.jpg (taken 15.7.2014)  

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