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| Bright Tarn, Greystoke | ||
| Bright Tarn | ||
| locality:- | Greystoke Moor | |
| civil parish:- | Greystoke (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tarn | |
| coordinates:- | NY42052928 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4229 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY42 | |
| altitude:- | 902 feet | |
| altitude:- | 275m | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 8) placename:- Bright 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. next to a swallow hole |
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| hearsay:- |
The tarn appears to drain into a swallow hole in the limestone, which is overlain
by clayey soil. The swallow hole is said to have been dug to drain the land hereabouts. |
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