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Greensett tarns, North Yorkshire
site name:-   Greensett Moss
locality:-   Whernside
county:-   North Yorkshire
locality type:-   tarn
coordinates:-   SD743821
1Km square:-   SD7482
10Km square:-   SD78
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Balderston c1890
source data:-   Book, Ingleton, Bygone and Present, by Robert R and Margaret Balderston, published by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, and by Edmndson and Co, 24 High Street, Skipton, Yorkshire, about 1890.
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page 77:-  "..."
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page 78:-  "On the flat moorland just beyond [Greensett Moss] are two almost confluent tarns, jointly about three hundred yards long, and very shallow with smooth bottom of peat. ..."
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