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Three Tarns, Eskdale
Three Tarns
locality:-   Buscoe
civil parish:-   Eskdale (formerly Cumberland)
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   tarn
coordinates:-   NY24810602 (about) 
1Km square:-   NY2406
10Km square:-   NY20
altitude:-   2363 feet
altitude:-   720m


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BNL37.jpg  One of them,
(taken 26.3.2007)  
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BQL46.jpg  From above, two of them,
(taken 20.4.2009)  
The 'Three' are at NY24790605, NY24820601 and NY24800598, of which the middle one seems to be dried out on 26 March 2007 and shows as a damp patch.

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 5) 
placename:-  Three Tarns
placename:-  Tarns of Buscoe
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.
"Three Tarns or Tarns of Buscoe"

observation:-  
There are sometimes three tarns. But there are other tarns close by as well.

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ThreTarn.jpg  
Grid references for approximate centres.

MN photo:-  
Another day, the third tarn has water this time.

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BUP56.jpg (taken 19.5.2011)  
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BUP57.jpg (taken 19.5.2011)  
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BUP58.jpg (taken 19.5.2011)  

MN photo:-  
There are other small tarns nearby, at NY24850600, NY24880592 and NY24830589.

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BNL59.jpg (taken 26.3.2007)  
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BNL58.jpg (taken 26.3.2007)  

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