British Rainfall 1867, p.17
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British Rainfall 1867 page 17
No.18. Skiddaw. This is on the S.W. slope of Skiddaw, at about half way up, and on a flat tract of some size. No.20. Wythburn. In the garden of the parsonage, and about 40 ft. N. of it; a 5 ft. wall is about 15 ft. off, in W, and N., and there are no trees to affect the record. This gauge is at the point where the Wythburn Valley runs into that of Thirlmere. No.21. Helvellyn, Birkside. On a small plateau about 1,200 ft. above, and half-a-mile E. of Gauge No.20. It is 30 feet W. of a small crag (20 ft. high), and perfecftly open to all points, from S.E. by W. to N.E. No.28. Matterdale. On a gentle slope of the common towards the road from the north end of the vale of Saint John to High Row, Dockray, and about one mile due north of Dowthwaite Head. No.29. Gowbarrow. On the west slope of the fell, near its lower edge, about one mile from Dockray, and three miles E.S.E. of gauge No.28. Nos.30, 31, and 32. Greenside, Stang End, and Greenside Mills. These returns have, most unfortunately, been stopped by the removal of the observer. The gauges were placed in the Glenridding gorge above Greenside Mills - one at the bottom at 1,000 ft., one at 1,550 ft., and one at 2,000 ft. No.34. Kirkstone Pass. In the garden, 40 ft. south of the "Traveller's Rest" Inn (the highest inhabited house in England), ground sloping gently to N.W. No.39. Swarth Fell On the N.W. side of the north end of the fell, about half way between How Town and Pooley Bridge. No.40. Mardale Green. In a field about 50 yards S.S.E. of the "Dun Bull" Inn, south end of Haweswater, and about 100 ft. above the lake. Hills rise abruptly S.E. of this gauge. No.41. Measandbecks. On the fell, 500 ft. above, and half-a-mile W. of Measandbeck Hall, and the middle of Haweswater. No.42. Wet Sleddale. The most easterly of the new gauges, being 18 miles E. of Seathwaite; it is placed at the head of Wet Sleddale, 500 yards S.S.W. of Seat Robert, and 200 ft. below it. No.A. Easdale Tarn, near Grasmere, should perhaps have been numbered 22; but it was erected last, and so did not have a proper number assigned to it. It is on a small plateau on the north side of the Tarn, and about 300 ft. above it. We are indebted to Mr. Wheatley Balme, of High Close, Loughrigg, for the returns from gauges 19, 23, and 24, as well as for those from number 22, his own residence, at High Close. The three first-mentioned gauges are identical with those planted by myself. No.19 |
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