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track, Gatescarth to Mardale
Gatescarth to Mardale
Mardale to Gatescarth
civil parish:-   Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Westmorland
locality type:-   track route
10Km square:-   NY40
10Km square:-   NY41
SummaryText:-   Track from the parish boundary in Gatescarth Pass to the road end by Haweswater in Mardale.
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5NY40NE.jpg
double line; road, with mile numbers 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5NY41SE.jpg
double line; road, with mile numbers 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland
evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
image WS21P165, button  goto source
Page 165:-  "..."
"Kendal is fourteen miles from the chapel [Mardale], and whoever chooses an Alpine ride, may proceed to it up this vale [from Haweswater to Gatescarth]. From the chapel to the top of the mountains is three miles, ... In approaching the mountain, Harter-fell scowls forward in all the terrific grandeur of hanging rock. As you advance, a yawning chasm appears to divide it upwards from the base, and within it is heard the hoarse noise of ingulphed waters. The tumult of cataracts and water-falls on all sides,"
image WS21P166, button  goto source
Page 166:-  "adds much to the solemnity of these tremendous scenes. The path soon becomes winding, steep, and narrow, and is the only possible one across the mountain. The noise of a cataract on the left accompanies you during the ascent. ..."
evidence:-   old print:- Green 1815
item:-  sheep
source data:-   Print, coloured aquatint, Haws Water, Shap Rural, Westmorland, by William Green, Ambleside, Westmorland, 1815.
image  click to enlarge
GN0523.jpg
From the track from Gatescarth Pass to Mardale? 
Plate 25 in Lake Scenery. 
printed at upper right:-  "25"
printed at bottom:-  "HAWS WATER. / Published at Ambleside, June 1, 1815, by Wm. Green."
item:-  Armitt Library : A6646.23
Image © see bottom of page
evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
item:-  viewpoint; horse
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
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Page 115:-  "The road over Gatescarth, between Branstree and Harter Fell, is steep on both sides, yet such as a horse may be ridden, or rather led; and from the highest part there is an extensive view towards the sea. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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FD02NY40.jpg
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FD02NY41.jpg
Road. 
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
Image © see bottom of page

photograph
BMF85.jpg  From part way up the Mardale end.
(taken 10.6.2006)  
photograph
BOE74.jpg (taken 18.9.2007)  
places:-    Gatescarth Pass, Longsleddale
[Mardale Head, Shap Rural]
[route, Lsl4.3]
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