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| Skelsmergh Tarn, Skelsmergh | ||
| Skelsmergh Tarn | ||
| civil parish:- | Skelsmergh (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tarn | |
| coordinates:- | SD53359666 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5396 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
| altitude:- | 350 feet | |
| altitude:- | 107m | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 9) placename:- Skelsmergh Tarn |
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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 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. J5SD59NW.jpg outline with form lines; lake or tarn item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles
to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805. CY24SD59.jpg outline with shore form lines; lake or tarn item:- JandMN : 129 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
They say it is bottomless, and worried by whirlpools. |
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