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| Silloth Channel, Solway Firth | ||
| Silloth Channel | ||
| locality:- | Solway Firth | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | channel | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0855 (etc etc) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY05 | |
| references:- | Hydrographic Office 1850s-90s |
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| evidence:- | HO chart:- Hydrographic Office 1850s onwards (edn 1973) placename:- Silloth Channel |
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| source data:- | Charts, Irish Sea, Solway Firth, etc, published by the Hydrographic Office from 1850s
onwards. "Silloth Channel" "Shifting sands and Channel occupy this / space Channel marked by buoys / which are moved as necessary to meet the changes." "CAUTION / Silloth Channel is subject to constant / change and is marked on the starboard / hand by black conical buoys." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Silloth Channel item:- buoy, Solway Channel |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 399:- "... The least charted depth in Silloth channel is 9 feet (2m7), over the bar northward of Ellison scar. North-eastward of the bar, between it and Silloth docks, there are depths of from 4 to 6 fathoms (7m5 to 11m0), sand and clay, ... As stated before, these depths are subject to change." "..." "... In 1932, these lights [Lees Scar and East Cote lights] in line did not lead through the deepest part of the channel over the bar." "..." "The starboard side of the channel, north-eastward of Solway buoy, is marked by red conical buoys, marked from "S.2" to "S.5". These buoys are shifted as necessary to meet the changes in the channel." |
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