
What is recorded here
Whitbarrow Scar is shown as a cliff on the public map of Westmorland and Furness. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Whitbarrow Scar is a prominent limestone sea cliff in the English Lake District, formed from Carboniferous Limestone, approximately 340 to 320 million years old. The Scar was shaped by glacial activity and subsequent coastal erosion, and it is notable for its dramatic landscape and as a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to its geological and ecological features.
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Places near here
WhitbarrowMountain / peak · 266 yd
Hell MossWood · 1014 yd
Farm Buildings Immediately to West of Witherslack Hall FarmhouseListed building · 1191 yd
Witherslack Hall and Attached OutbuildingListed building · 1207 yd
Whitbarrow CaveCave or cavern · 1340 yd
Buckhouse WoodWood · 1357 yd
Hervey Monument on Lord's SeatMonument or public art · 1599 yd
Lord's SeatMountain / peak · 1604 yd
Fairies' Cave (Pool Bank Cave)Cave or cavern · 1.5 mi
Holy Well, WitherslackOld or holy well · 2.0 mi
Nether Hall FarmhouseListed building · 1548 yd
Low Fell End FarmhouseListed building · 1611 ydOther information
Photo: John Berry · CC BY-SA 2.0