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| Buck Crags, Fawcett Forest | ||
| Buck Crags | ||
| civil parish:- | Fawcett Forest (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| coordinates:- | NY50760709 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5007 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY50 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 27 4) placename:- Buck Crags |
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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:- Wilson 1912 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, Longsleddale, by F M Wilson, published by T Wilson,
Kendal, Westmorland, 1912. WILSON1.txt "The names of the hills round about Longsleddale still speak of a race of animals which lived in these dales at no distant date, Goat Scar, Ravens Crag, Buckbarrow, Buck Crags, and Catbarrow. ..." |
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