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boundary stone, Longsleddale/Shap Rural (7)
site name:-   Branstree
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:-   NY47760982
1Km square:-   NY4709
10Km square:-   NY40


photograph
BJT23.jpg  North face letter 'L' about 6 inches high.
L for Lowther, the landowner in Shap Rural parish, to the north.
(taken 20.8.2005)  
photograph
BJT22.jpg  South face letter 'H' about 6 inches high.
H for Harrison, the landowner in Longsleddale parish, to the south.
(taken 20.8.2005)  

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
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the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
image
SINY4709.jpg
"B.S."

:-  
The boundary stone is propped against the new fence, letters:-
"L / H"
on opposite sides. The boundary is between lands owned by Lowther and Harrison, and incidentally a parish boundary between Longsleddale and Shap Rural.

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