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Warton Crag, Lancashire
Warton Crag
county:-   Lancashire
locality type:-   hill
locality type:-   rocks
coordinates:-   SD493727
1Km square:-   SD4972
10Km square:-   SD47
altitude:-   535 feet
altitude:-   163m
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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Page 28:-  "... [crossing Lancaster Sands] To the right, Warton-cragg presents itself in a bold style. On its arched summit are the vestiges of a square encampment, and the ruins of a beacon. ..."
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
item:-  geology; limestone pavement
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.
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Page 93:-  "... Warton Crag on the left, and Farlton Knot on the right of the road, are two stratified hills of limestone, rising to a considerable height: ..."
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Page 161:-  "A superincumbent bed of limestone, by some called the mountain, by others the upper transition limestone, mantles round these mountains, in a position unconformable to the strata of the slaty and other rocks upon which it reposes. It bassets out near ..."
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Page 162:-  "... it may be seen upon the surface as far as Warton and Farleton Crags, ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Warton Craig
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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"Warton Craig"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old photograph:- Marr 1916
placename:-  Warton Crag
source data:-   Photograph, halftone print, Warton Crag near Carnforth, Lancashire, 1916.
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item:-  JandMN : 173.18
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