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| Moss Eccles Tarn, Claife | ||
| runs into:- |  Wanefell Beck |
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| Moss Eccles Tarn | ||
| civil parish:- | Claife (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tarn | |
| coordinates:- | SD37189684 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3796 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
| altitude:- | 544 feet | |
| altitude:- | 166m | |
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 CGS37.jpg (taken 12.10.2017)  Click to enlarge CGS38.jpg (taken 12.10.2017) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 5 7) placename:- Moss Eccles Moss |
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| 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. |
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 Click to enlarge CGS39.jpg (taken 12.10.2017) |
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 CGS40.jpg Sign (taken 12.10.2017) |
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| hearsay:- |
Beatrix Potter kept a rowing boat here. This tarn and Esthwaite Water were the settings
of the Tale of Jeremy Fisher. |
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| Blair 1993 |
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