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| Tommy Tack, Gilcrux | ||
| Tommy Tack | ||
| locality:- | Gilcrux | |
| civil parish:- | Gilcrux (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | spring (saline spa) | |
| coordinates:- | NY12063827 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1238 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 4) placename:- Tommy Tack |
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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. "Tommy Tack (Saline Spa)" |
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 BVJ99.jpg courtesy of Ed Henderson |
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| This spring was hard to find as there is another spring nearby, but fresh water. The
saline spring was discharging into a patch of muddy ground in a field so it was not
visually obvious. 'We only found it because we had a conductivity meter.' |
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