Grisedale Tarn is a
tarn 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 ...
of England between
Fairfield and
Dollywagon Pike
Dollywaggon Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands on the main spine of the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells, between Thirlmere and the Ullswater catchment.
Name
The spelling ‘Dollywaggon’ is used on Ordnance Survey 1: ...
.
It is the legendary resting place of the crown of the kingdom of Cumbria, after the crown was conveyed there in 945 by soldiers of the last king,
Dunmail, after he was slain in battle with the combined forces of the English and Scottish kings.
Grisedale Tarn is in altitude
[ and has a maximum depth of around .][ It holds brown trout, perch and eels.][Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ] The outflow is to Ullswater to the north-east, picking up all of the rainfall from the eastern face of Dollywagon Pike
Dollywaggon Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands on the main spine of the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells, between Thirlmere and the Ullswater catchment.
Name
The spelling ‘Dollywaggon’ is used on Ordnance Survey 1: ...
.
The Tarn is the subject of a poem by the Rev. Frederick William Faber printed in 1840.
See also
* Grizedale
* Grizedale Forest
Grizedale Forest is a 24.47 km2 area of woodland in the Lake District of North West England, located to the east of Coniston Water and to the south of Hawkshead. It is made up of a number of hills, small tarns and the settlements of Grizeda ...
* Brothers Parting Stone
References
Lakes of the Lake District
Patterdale
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