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| Ellison Scar, Solway Firth | ||
| Ellison Scar | ||
| locality:- | Solway Firth | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | sandbank | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| coordinates:- | NY049468 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0446 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY04 | |
| references:- | Hydrographic Office 1850s-90s |
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| evidence:- | HO chart:- Hydrographic Office 1850s onwards (edn 1973) placename:- Ellsion Scar |
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| source data:- | Charts, Irish Sea, Solway Firth, etc, published by the Hydrographic Office from 1850s
onwards. "Ellsion Scar" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Ellison Scar |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 398:- "... Dubmill scar, Far Sand bank, and Ellison scar extend nearly 3 miles westward from Dubmill point and form a continuous line of shoals, which obstruct the approach to Silloth from the south-westward. ..." |
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