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| Tarn Crag, Longsleddale | ||
| Tarn Crag | ||
| civil parish:- | Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | hill | |
| coordinates:- | NY48670772 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4807 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY40 | |
| altitude:- | 2178 feet | |
| altitude:- | 664m | |
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 BNO69.jpg (taken 12.4.2007)  BNO61.jpg Baby cairn. (taken 12.4.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) placename:- Tarn Crag |
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| 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. O21NY40Y.jpg , "Tarn Crag / 2176" item:- JandMN : 61 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- Wilson 1912 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, Longsleddale, by F M Wilson, published by T Wilson,
Kendal, Westmorland, 1912. WILSON1.txt "... with the grim and ghastly 'Goat Scar' on the left and the bold masses of 'Tarn Crags' on the right." |
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| evidence:- | textbook:- EPNS Westmorland 1967 placename:- Tarn placename:- Tarn gowe |
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| source data:- | Book, The Place Names of Westmorland, two volumes, by A H Smith,
published for the English Place Name Society by Cambridge
University Press, Cambridgeshire, 1967 |
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| evidence:- | map:- OS Six Inch (1956) placename:- Tarn Crag |
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| 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then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on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. SINY4807.jpg "Tarn Crag / 2176" |
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 BIQ32.jpg above Buckbarrow Crag (taken 24.4.2004) |
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