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| boundary stone, Longsleddale/Shap Rural (3) | ||
| site name:- | Little Harter Fell | |
| locality:- | boundary, Longsleddale/Shap Rural | |
| civil parish:- | Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland) | |
| civil parish:- | Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | boundary stone | |
| locality type:- | parish boundary mark | |
| locality type:- | estate boundary mark | |
| coordinates:- | NY46930938 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4609 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY40 | |
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 BJF03.jpg South face letter 'H' about 6 inches high. H for Harrison, the landowner in Longsleddale parish, to the south. (taken 7.9.2004)  BJF04.jpg North face letter 'L', hidden under fallen stone, about 6 inches high. L for Lowther, landowner in Shap Rural parish to the north. (taken 7.9.2004) |
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| evidence:- | map:- OS Six Inch (1956) |
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| source data:- | Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about
6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey,
Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s,
then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on
demand from digital data. SINY4609.jpg "B.S." |
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The boundary stone is lying in the grass about 20 feet north of the fence line, close
to the old line of iron fencing. The letters on north/south faces are:- |
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| "L /H" |
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| but only the H is visible, the other letter is hidden below. |
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| L for Lowther, H for Harrison. The boundary incdentally marks the parish boundary
between Longsleddale and Shap. |
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