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boundary stone, Longsleddale/Shap Rural (2)
site name:-   Harter Fell
locality:-   boundary, Longsleddale/Shap Rural
civil parish:-   Longsleddale (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   boundary stone
locality type:-   parish boundary mark
coordinates:-   NY4647809717
1Km square:-   NY4609
10Km square:-   NY40


photograph
BJE10.jpg  The stone is fallen down, the upper side has letter 'H'; note the old line of iron fencing is a little offset from the new fence.
H for Harrison, the landowner in Longsleddale parish, to the south. The stone is lying so that, lifted, H is to the north, wrongly.
(taken 7.9.2004)  
photograph
BJE11.jpg  Boundary stone on Harter fell, between Longsleddale and Shap Rural, Westmorland, 7 September 2004.
The stone is fallen down, the underside has letter 'L'.
L for Lowther, landowner in Shap Rural parish to the north.
(taken 7.9.2004)  

evidence:-   map:- OS Six Inch (1956) 
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the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, scale 1 to 10560 from 1950s to 1960s, then 1 to 10000 from 1960s to 2000s, superseded by print on demand from digital data.
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SINY4609.jpg
"B.S."

:-  
The boundary stone is lying on the grass beside the fence where it turns. Letters:-
"L / H"
on opposite sides. L for Lowther, H for Harrison, landowners.
The boundary incidentally marks the parish boundary between Longsleddale and Shap.

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