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Little Langdale Tarn was several times larger at the end of the last ice age, the lost area having become filled with sediment and resulting in the flat farmland beside the current lake. [8] The catchment area is a sheepfarm of rough grassland and sphagnum bog in the valley bottom and surrounding fellside. [ 8 ]
Slater's Bridge is a traditional packhorse bridge in Little Langdale in the English Lake District, standing at National Grid Reference 1] History and construction ...
Lingmoor Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, situated eight kilometres (five miles) west of Ambleside. The fell reaches a height of 469 m (1,540 ft) and divides the valleys of Great Langdale and Little Langdale. The fell's name originates from the Old Norse word lyng meaning “heather covered”.
Great Langdale is a valley in the Lake District National Park in North West England, the epithet "Great" distinguishing it from the neighbouring valley of Little Langdale. Langdale is also the name of a valley in the Howgill Fells , elsewhere in Cumbria .
The county includes the whole of the Lake District National Park, ... Map [146] Little Langdale Tarn: 36.8 91.0 1986 NP: Map [147] Little Mell Fell Quarry: 0.1
Pike o' Blisco, or Pike of Blisco, is a mountain in the Lake District in Cumbria, England.Located between the valleys of Great Langdale and Little Langdale, its relative isolation from neighbouring fells together with slopes falling away immediately from the summit in all directions mean it has excellent views: the view of the Langdale Pikes across Great Langdale is particularly arresting.
The river near Clappersgate after heavy rain The river exiting Little Langdale Tarn Colwith Force. The Brathay is a river of north-west England. Its name comes from Old Norse and means broad river. It rises at a point 1289 feet (393 m) above sea level near the Three Shire Stone at the highest point of Wrynose Pass (grid reference) in the Lake ...
The slopes of Holme Fell include the massive disused green slate quarry at Hodge Close, located at .The quarry closed just before the start of the Second World War.It has flooded chambers and tunnels which are used by cave divers for sport, but it is a dangerous location and several divers have died over the years, after becoming lost in the murky waters of the tunnels.