Cunswick Scar
Cunswick Scar
Location in Lake District, UK
Cunswick Scar is a limestone scar (cliff or steep rock face) in the Lake District, England. There are extensive views from the large cairn at the top (207 metres (679 ft)).[1] The scar is listed in the Scout Scar chapter of Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.[2]
Fossils can be found in the limestone on the scar and Cunswick Fell. The area is also of interest for its flora and fauna: Scout Scar and Cunswick Scar have been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[3]
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References
- ^ a b "Cunswick Scar". Peakery. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ Wainwright, A. (1974). "Scout Scar". The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Kendal: Westmorland Gazette. pp. 2–7.
- ^ "Scout and Cunswick Scars" (PDF). Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
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- Caermote Hill
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- Cartmel Fell
- Caw
- Claife Heights
- Clints Crags
- Cold Fell
- Dunmallet
- Dunnerdale Fells
- Faulds Brow
- Finsthwaite Heights
- Hampsfell
- Great Worm Crag
- Green Quarter Fell
- Gummer's How
- Hesk Fell
- Heughscar Hill
- High Knott
- Howes
- Hugill Fell
- Humphrey Head
- Irton Pike
- Knipescar Common
- Latterbarrow
- Muncaster Fell
- Newton Fell
- Orrest Head
- Ponsonby Fell
- Potter Fell
- Reston Scar
- School Knott
- Scout Scar
- Seat Robert
- Stainton Pike
- Staveley Fell
- Stickle Pike
- Top o'Selside
- Walna Scar
- Watch Hill
- Whitbarrow
- Whit Fell
- Woodland Fell
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