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Scar Ness, Bassenthwaite
Scar Ness
site name:-   Bassenthwaite Lake
locality:-   Scarness
civil parish:-   Bassenthwaite (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   headland
locality type:-   locality
coordinates:-   NY21343043
1Km square:-   NY2130
10Km square:-   NY23

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 55 4) 
placename:-  Scar Ness
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
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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headland into Bassenthwaite Lake 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   old map:- Crosthwaite 1783-94 (Bas) 
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, An Accurate Map of Broadwater or Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 3 inches to 1 mile, by Peter Crosthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland, 1783, version published 1800.
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"West's 2d. Station"
item:-  Armitt Library : 1959.191.4
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evidence:-   old map:- Clarke 1787 map (Bassenthwaite Lake) 
source data:-   Map, A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile, by James Clarke, engraved by Neele, 352 Strand, published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland and in London etc, 1787.
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"M. Wane"
item:-  private collection : 10.8
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Scarness
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.
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"Scarness"
block, building 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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