Lough is the name given to many lakes in the far north of England in the counties of
Northumberland and
Cumbria they are often located near the Whin Sill escarpment on which
Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall ( la, Vallum Aelium), also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or ''Vallum Hadriani'' in Latin, is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. R ...
runs. In northern England the word lough in this context is usually pronounced as 'loff'. This reflects the loss in modern standard English of the
guttural 'ch' sound (as in Scottish 'loch') which in middle English was represented by 'gh' (as it still is in modern
Hiberno-English
Hiberno-English (from Latin ''Hibernia'': "Ireland"), and in ga, Béarla na hÉireann. or Irish English, also formerly Anglo-Irish, is the set of English dialects native to the island of Ireland (including both the Republic of Ireland a ...
and
Ulster Scots Ulster Scots, may refer to:
* Ulster Scots people
* Ulster Scots dialect
Ulster Scots or Ulster-Scots (', ga, Albainis Uladh), also known as Ulster Scotch and Ullans, is the dialect of Scots language, Scots spoken in parts of Ulster in North ...
).
On
Haughton Common, near Hadrian's Wall
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Broomlee Lough
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Crag Lough
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Greenlee Lough
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Grindon Lough
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Halleypike Lough
Elsewhere in
Northumberland
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Black Lough, Northumberland
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Blackaburn Lough
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Blaxter Lough
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Coldmartin Lough
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Darden Lough
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Harbottle Lough
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Kimmer Lough
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Little Lough
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Sweethope Loughs
Sweethope Loughs are two freshwater lakes almost in length, the smaller one just east of the larger, in the southern part of Northumberland, England and lying between the A68 road, and the A696 road. They lie about west of Morpeth; west of Kirk ...
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Whitfield Lough Whitfield may refer to:
Places Australia
* Whitfield, Queensland, a suburb of Cairns
* Whitfield, Victoria, an agricultural township
England
* Whitfield, Derbyshire, a hamlet and former parish
* Whitfield, Gloucestershire, a hamlet
* Whitfi ...
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The Lough, on
Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne, also called Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important ...
In the
Lake District
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or ''fells''), and its associations with William Wordswor ...
and
Cumbria
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Loughrigg Tarn
Loughrigg Tarn () is a small, natural lake in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. It is situated north of Windermere, just north of the village of Skelwith Bridge, and at the foot of Loughrigg Fell. "Loughrigg Tarn" is a bit of a tautology, si ...
, and the hill
Loughrigg Fell
Loughrigg Fell is a hill in the central part of the English Lake District. It stands on the end of the long ridge coming down from High Raise over Silver How towards Ambleside, and is separated from its neighbours by the depression of ...
, possibly named after it.
Elsewhere in
Cumbria
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Monkhill Lough
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Thorngill-Lough, North Pennines
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Thurstonfield Lough
References
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