Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Borrowdale

Borrowdale, romantic valley, W. Cumberland, stretching between lofty peaks from about Glaramara mountain N. to Derwent Water; the "Bowder Stone", opposite Castle Crag, is a mass of fallen rock, 62 ft. long, 36 high, and 84 in circumference.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "romantic valley"   (ADL Feature Type: "valleys")
Administrative units: Cumberland AncC
Place: Borrowdale

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