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Harrington mentioned in Dugdale's baronage, and said, as above,
to be summoned by Edward I. There is not one vestige of the
monastry (sic) remaining. There is indeed an ancient gate-house,
but whether this was connected with the cloisters or not,
tradition is silent, and its distance from the church is
unfavorable to the conjecture.
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Proceed through rocky fields and groves to Holker, one mile, the
seat of the right Hon. Lord George Cavendish. The carriage road
is by Cark-hall. At the top of the hill there opens a fine view
of Furness. Holker-hall lies at your feet, embosomed in wood. On
the left, Ulverston-bay opens into the great bay, and is three
miles over. The coast is deeply indented, and the peninsulas are
beautifully fringed with wood. On the right, a bold bending rock
presents a noble arched forehead; and a fine slope of inclosed
grounds mixed with wood, leads the eye to Ulverston, the port and
mart of Furness. Conishead shows its pyramidal head, completely
clothed in woods. At its feet is the priory, shielded by a wing
of hanging wood, that climbs up the side of a steep hill.
Bardsea, under its rocks and hanging woods, stands in a
delightful point of view. In front, a sweet fall of inclosures,
marked with clumps of trees and hedge-rows, gives it a most
picturesque effect.
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