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There remains but one lake to be noticed, and that is Hawes
Water, which is less visited than any other in the district.
It is beautiful, but rather out of the way, except to
visitors who come by Penrith; as they are usually bent on
seeing at once the most celebrated points of scenery.
Penrith is a neat little town, busy, from being the great
thoroughfare of the district, but not particularly
interesting, except from some Druidical remains in the
neighbourhood, a curiosity in the churchyard, and the
vicinity of Brougham Castle. The circle called Long Meg and
her daughters is six miles from Penrith; and no relic of the
kind in England is better worth a visit. In the churchyard
of Penrith is the monument about which nobody really knows
any thing, though it goes by the name of the Giant's Grave.
It consists of two stone pillars, with four slabs between
them, set up on edge. There are some undecipherable carvings
on the upper part of the pillars. This was the monument
which Sir. Walter Scott's
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