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Page 120:-
Skiddaw-fell, which terminates here, with a sort of terror and
aversion. Armathwaite-house is a modern fabric, not large, and
built of dark red stone.'
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station, Armathwaite Hall
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STATION I. From Armathwaite, the lower bay is in full display; a
fine expanse of water, spreading itself both ways, behind a
circular peninsula (Castle-how) that swells in the middle, and is
crowned with wood. In former times it has been surrounded with
water, by the lake on one side, and the assistance of a brook
that descends from Embleton, on the other. The accessible parts
have been defended by trenches, one above another. The upper part
must have been occupied with building, as the vestiges of the
ruins are visible; and like other such places in this region,
they were probably secured by the first inhabitants, as places of
difficult access, and of easy defence. From the bottom of the
bay, some waving inclosures rise to the side of a green hill, and
some scattered houses are seen at the upper end of a fine slope
of inclosures. The banks of the lake are fringed with trees, and
under them the crystal water is caught in a pleasing manner. At
the north-
But the singular beauties of this lake have not before been
noticed, viz. the grand sinuosity of three noble bays.
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gazetteer links
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-- "Armathwaite House" -- Armathwaite Hall
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-- Castle How (?)Castle How
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-- Bassenthwaite Lake circuit
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-- Skiddaw
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-- station, Armathwaite Hall
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