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Raven Bank, Bowness
Raven Bank
locality:-   Solway Firth
civil parish:-   Bowness (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   sandbank (?) 
coordinates:-   NY26246057 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY2660
10Km square:-   NY26
references:-   Donald 1774

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Raven Bank
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Raven Bank"
coastline or sandbank? 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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