Bowscale
| Bowscale | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Bowscale | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY357315 |
| Location: | 54°40’30"N, 2°59’46"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Penrith |
| Postcode: | CA11 |
| Dialling code: | 017687 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penrith and The Border |
Bowscale is a hamlet in Cumberland, north of the Lake District fells, just north of Mungrisdale.
Bowscale Fell rises sharply to the west: the hamlet stands at the foot of its steep eastern slope, and on one side of the mouth of the dale in which the River Caldew courses down between Bowscale Fell to the south and Carrock Fell to the north. Another hamlet, Mosedale, stands on the other side of the dale mouth, the two joined by a lane and a bridge over the river.
The 'sable tarn' in Sir Walter Scott's poem The Bridal of Triermain was reportedly based on Bowscale Tarn, which lies on the slopes of the fell.[1]
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References
- ↑ Nuttall, John and Anne: 'The Tarns of Lakeland', page 21 (Cicerone Press, 1996) ISBN 978-1-85284-210-9