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| Mirk Hole Quarry, Tilberthwaite | ||
| Mirk Hole Quarry | ||
| locality:- | Tilberthwaite | |
| civil parish:- | Coniston (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | slate quarry | |
| locality type:- | quarry | |
| coordinates:- | NY31080187 (? etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3101 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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 BZN71.jpg (taken 15.10.2013)  BZN70.jpg (taken 15.10.2013) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 1 8) placename:- Mirk Hole Quarry |
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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:- | possibly old map:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) |
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| 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. PST2NY30.jpg "Tilberthwaite Mines and Quarries" mine symbol, quarry symbol item:- JandMN : 162.2 Image © see bottom of page |
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 BZN72.jpg (taken 15.10.2013) |
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| Glover, David: 2014: Quarries of Lakeland: Bookcase (Carlisle, Cumbria) |
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