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Ghyll Head Reservoir, Cartmel Fell
Ghyll Head Reservoir
locality:-   Ghyll Head
civil parish:-   Cartmel Fell (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   reservoir
locality type:-   tarn (once) 
coordinates:-   SD39789226 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD3992
10Km square:-   SD39
altitude:-   410 feet
altitude:-   125m

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 5 16) 
placename:-  Gill Head Tarn
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:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
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.
image
GAR2SD39.jpg
outline with shore form lines, lake or tarn 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Prior 1874 map 1
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving or lithograph? Winander Mere, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1874.
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PI03M1.jpg
outline with form lines; lake 
item:-  private collection : 133.1
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