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Tarn Crag, Longsleddale
Tarn Crag
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   hill
coordinates:-   NY48670772 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY4807
10Km square:-   NY40
altitude:-   2178 feet
altitude:-   664m


photograph
BNO69.jpg (taken 12.4.2007)  
photograph
BNO61.jpg  Baby cairn.
(taken 12.4.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS 1881-82 New Series (outline edition) 
placename:-  Tarn Crag
source data:-   Map, engraving, area north of Kendal, Westmorland, New Series one inch map, outline edition, sheet 39, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1881-82.
image
O21NY40Y.jpg
, "Tarn Crag / 2176"
item:-  JandMN : 61
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Wilson 1912
source data:-   Guide book, Longsleddale, by F M Wilson, published by T Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1912.
WILSON1.txt
"... with the grim and ghastly 'Goat Scar' on the left and the bold masses of 'Tarn Crags' on the right."

evidence:-   textbook:- EPNS Westmorland 1967
placename:-  Tarn
placename:-  Tarn gowe
source data:-   Book, The Place Names of Westmorland, two volumes, by A H Smith, published for the English Place Name Society by Cambridge University Press, Cambridgeshire, 1967

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
placename:-  Tarn Crag
source data:-   Map series, various editions with the national grid, scale about 6 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
image
SINY4807.jpg
"Tarn Crag / 2176"


photograph
BIQ32.jpg  above Buckbarrow Crag
(taken 24.4.2004)  

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