Cunswick Scar

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Cunswick Scar

| photo = Cunswick Tarn - geograph.org.uk - 406792.jpg

| elevation_m = 207

| elevation_ref = {{cite web|title=Cunswick Scar|url=http://peakery.com/cunswick-scar-united-kingdom/|website=Peakery|accessdate=9 August 2015}}

| prominence = c. 39 m

| listing = Outlying Wainwright

| location = Cumbria, England

| range = Lake District

| coordinates = {{coord|54.3237|N|2.78716|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| grid_ref_UK = SD489923

| topo = OS Landranger 97

| map = United Kingdom Lake District

| map_caption = 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 ({{convert|207|m|ft}}). The scar is listed in the Scout Scar chapter of Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.{{cite book|last=Wainwright|first=A.|authorlink=Alfred Wainwright|title=The Outlying Fells of Lakeland|year=1974|publisher=Westmorland Gazette|location=Kendal|pages=2–7|chapter=Scout Scar}}

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.{{cite web | url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001960.pdf | title=Scout and Cunswick Scars | publisher=Natural England | accessdate=24 September 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028091238/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001960.pdf | archivedate=28 October 2014 }}

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{{Outlying Fells}}

Category:Fells of the Lake District

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