Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| archaeological site, Tarn Moss | ||
| locality:- | Tarn Moss | |
| civil parish:- | Hutton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | archaeological site (perhaps) | |
| coordinates:- | NY400275 (guess) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4027 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY42 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 54:- "... between the hill [Great Mell Fell] and the mile-post [8 from Penrith] is a piece of antiquity of a very singular structure; it consists of a kind of flooring of large stones, about seven yards long and five broad; its figure resembles an egg with a piece cut off the smaller end, and the stones are so large and close laid, as evidently evinces it to have been a work of art; it is about 300 yards from the road, lyes low, and may be easily discovered by the very high rushes that grow round it. ..." |
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