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LEE-SCAR-ROCKS, a skerry off the coast of Cumberland; at the mouth of the Solway frith, 5 miles N of Allonby. A lighthouse was erected here in 1841; and has a fixed light, at a height of 25 feet.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a skerry" (ADL Feature Type: "natural rock formations") |
Administrative units: | Cumberland AncC |
Place: | Lee Scar Rocks |
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