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Raven Crag, Longsleddale
Raven Crag
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   rocks
coordinates:-   NY47320781
1Km square:-   NY4707
10Km square:-   NY40


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CAK31.jpg (taken 19.4.2014)  
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BRB97.jpg (taken 19.7.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
placename:-  Raven Crag
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
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O21NY40T.jpg
"Raven Crag"
item:-  JandMN : 61
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- Ffinch 1983
source data:-   Book, Kendal and the Kent Valley, by Michael Ffinch, published by Robert Hale, London, 1983.
"The River Sprint rises high on the fells about a mile south of Haweswater. From the slope of Adam Seat it begins as Wren Gill flowing south between Raven Crag and Goat Scar on its western side, and Buckbarrow on the east. ..."

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Raven Crag
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the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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SINY4707.jpg
"Raven Crag"

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