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| Harrop Tarn, St John's Castlerigg etc | ||
| Harrop Tarn | ||
| site name:- | Dob Gill | |
| locality:- | Wythburn (?) | |
| civil parish:- | St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tarn | |
| coordinates:- | NY31121362 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3113 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY31 | |
| altitude:- | 997 feet | |
| altitude:- | 304m | |
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 BRP62.jpg (taken 23.9.2009)  Click to enlarge BRP63.jpg (taken 23.9.2009) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 70 16) placename:- Harrop Tarn |
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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:- | descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the
mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be
visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the
district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick,
Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur
Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49,
latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes. goto sourcePage 38:- "Harrop Tarn, though but a small piece of water, is the principal one belonging to Thirlmere. It lies on the western side of Wythburn, and its stream, called Dob Gill, passing a few houses, joins the rivulet in the vale a little before it reaches the lake." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H placename:- Harrop Tarn |
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| source data:- | Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and
Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John
Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s. GAR2NY31.jpg "Harrop T." outline with shore form lines, lake or tarn item:- JandMN : 82.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | outline view:- Jenkinson 1875 placename:- Harrop Tarn |
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| source data:- | Print, lithograph, outline view, Panoramic Sketches from Helvellyn, Westmorland, by
Edwin A Pettitt, London, published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, 1875. click to enlargeJk01E1.jpg "... Harrop Tarn ..." item:- JandMN : 28.5 Image © see bottom of page |
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