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| Drigg Rock, Irish Sea | ||
| Drigg Rock | ||
| site name:- | Irish Sea | |
| civil parish:- | Drigg and Carleton (formerly Cumberland) (off) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | rocks | |
| coordinates:- | SD046957 (roughly) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD0495 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD09 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag placename:- Drig Rock |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1748 p.5 "... At about a mile distant from Caldar mouth is a very dangerous rock, only seen at extreme low ebbs. It is called Drig-rock and in the course of seven years has only been observed twice." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Mackenzie 1776 placename:- Drig Rock |
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| source data:- | Charts, and sailing directions, Nautical Descriptions of the
West Coast of Great Britain, Bristol Channel to Cape Wrath, by
Murdoch Mackenzie, published London, 1776. goto source Page 18:- "... ..." "The rocks and shoals to be avoided between Piel-of-Foudray and St. Bee's Head, are ... and Drig Rock, which is a small shoal, about three miles northward of Ravinglass, near a mile from the shore, on which six feet is the least water: ..." goto sourcePage 19:- "To sail into Ravinglas Harbour; take four hours of flood, keep above a mile from the coast (to avoid Selker and Drig Rocks) ..." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Admiralty 1933 placename:- Drigg Rock |
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| source data:- | goto source Page 385:- "... Drigg rock, with depths of 6 feet (1m8) over it and steep-to on its seaward side, lies about one mile offshore, at about a mile north-westward of Drigg point." |
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