"Where the king was slain-.." Dunmail Raise. A cairn marks the resting place of an ancient Cumbrian king of that name, who was supposedly slain on that spot.
"Crags where the dead man lay" The by now well known story of the 'Dog of Helvellyn', which is commemorated in the Gough Memorial near the summit.
This relates the story of Charles Gough, a Kendal Quaker who fell into the corrie of Red Tarn while making his way over from Patterdale to Wythburn with his dog Foxie on 18 April, 1805. His body was found almost three months later on 20 July, guarded by the emaciated dog,which inspired poems by both Sir Walter Scott ('Helvellyn') and William Wordsworth ('Fidelity', which is quoted on the tableau).
"Rest your limbs by St. Patricks Well".. Patterdale, Ullswater.
"The Caesar's road"-. The roman road that crosses the High Street massif of the Eastern Lake District, just beyond the Angle Tarn.
"The village beneath the lake" Mardale Head, where farms, a church, and the 'Old Dun Bull' were engulfed to make a reservoir for thirsty Manchester. Now, only field walls running into the water on the muddy banks remain to tell of a community that once boasted 'Kings, of Mardale.
"Where the king was slain-.." Dunmail Raise. A cairn marks the resting place of an ancient Cumbrian king of that name, who was supposedly slain on that spot.
"Crags where the dead man lay" The by now well known story of the 'Dog of Helvellyn', which is commemorated in the Gough Memorial near the summit.
This relates the story of Charles Gough, a Kendal Quaker who fell into the corrie of Red Tarn while making his way over from Patterdale to Wythburn with his dog Foxie on 18 April, 1805. His body was found almost three months later on 20 July, guarded by the emaciated dog,which inspired poems by both Sir Walter Scott ('Helvellyn') and William Wordsworth ('Fidelity', which is quoted on the tableau).
"Rest your limbs by St. Patricks Well".. Patterdale, Ullswater.
"The Caesar's road"-. The roman road that crosses the High Street massif of the Eastern Lake District, just beyond the Angle Tarn.
"The village beneath the lake" Mardale Head, where farms, a church, and the 'Old Dun Bull' were engulfed to make a reservoir for thirsty Manchester. Now, only field walls running into the water on the muddy banks remain to tell of a community that once boasted 'Kings, of Mardale.
"Crags where the dead man lay" The by now well known story of the 'Dog of Helvellyn', which is commemorated in the Gough Memorial near the summit. This relates the story of Charles Gough, a Kendal Quaker who fell into the corrie of Red Tarn while making his way over from Patterdale to Wythburn with his dog Foxie on 18 April, 1805. His body was found almost three months later on 20 July, guarded by the emaciated dog,which inspired poems by both Sir Walter Scott ('Helvellyn') and William Wordsworth ('Fidelity', which is quoted on the tableau).
"Rest your limbs by St. Patricks Well".. Patterdale, Ullswater.
"The Caesar's road"-. The roman road that crosses the High Street massif of the Eastern Lake District, just beyond the Angle Tarn.
"The village beneath the lake" Mardale Head, where farms, a church, and the 'Old Dun Bull' were engulfed to make a reservoir for thirsty Manchester. Now, only field walls running into the water on the muddy banks remain to tell of a community that once boasted 'Kings, of Mardale.
"Rest your limbs by St. Patricks Well".. Patterdale, Ullswater.
"The Caesar's road"-. The roman road that crosses the High Street massif of the Eastern Lake District, just beyond the Angle Tarn.
"The village beneath the lake" Mardale Head, where farms, a church, and the 'Old Dun Bull' were engulfed to make a reservoir for thirsty Manchester. Now, only field walls running into the water on the muddy banks remain to tell of a community that once boasted 'Kings, of Mardale.