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| Tarn Point, Bootle | ||
| Tarn Point | ||
| civil parish:- | Bootle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | headland | |
| coordinates:- | SD07648985 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD0789 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD08 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 85 10) placename:- Tarn Point |
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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. |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Tarn point |
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| source data:- |  goto sourcePage 384:- "... and Tarn point is about three-quarters of a mile farther northward [of Selker Point]. ..." "... Rocks and foul ground extend from one to 1 3/4 miles offshore for a distance of about 3 1/2 miles southward of Tarn point." "..." "St. Bees Head light kept in sight leads westward of these dangers, in depths of not less than 10 fathoms (18m3) when abreast of Selker rocks, and vessels should not venture within the 10 fathom (18m3) line when abreast of the rocks." |
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