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Ellison Scar, Solway Firth
Ellison Scar
locality:-   Solway Firth
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   sandbank
locality type:-   rocks
coordinates:-   NY049468 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY0446
10Km square:-   NY04
references:-   Hydrographic Office 1850s-90s

evidence:-   HO chart:- Hydrographic Office 1850s onwards (edn 1973) 
placename:-  Ellsion Scar
source data:-   Charts, Irish Sea, Solway Firth, etc, published by the Hydrographic Office from 1850s onwards.
"Ellsion Scar"

evidence:-   old text:- Admiralty 1933
placename:-  Ellison Scar
source data:-   image AY01p398, button  goto source
Page 398:-  "... Dubmill scar, Far Sand bank, and Ellison scar extend nearly 3 miles westward from Dubmill point and form a continuous line of shoals, which obstruct the approach to Silloth from the south-westward. ..."

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