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Page 126:-
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slate quarries
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between which and Yew Crag, the road now sharply descends. Both
these rocks are famed for producing roofing slate of the best
quality; and the edges of the road are beautifully tufted with
Alchemilla alpina. Gatesgarth dale, through which the road
now goes, (twice crossing and recrossing the stream,) is a narrow
valley strewed with large blocks of stone, fallen from the rocks
above; and solemnly shaded by the lofty Honister, which towers to
the height of 1700 feet above the valley at its foot. We now
re-enter upon same soft clay-slate rock, which we parted from at
Grange, and the change is soon apparent in the smoothness of the
road.
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Scarf Gap
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Opposite to the farm of Gatesgarth, which is two miles from the
inn at Buttermere, a shepherd's path leads over the mountain, by
a pass called Scarf-gap, and after crossing the narrow dale of
Ennerdale, proceeds to Wasdale Head over a second and higher
mountain called the Black Sail. The crags on the left of
Scarf-gap are, from their form, called Hay-stacks; and to the
right, three adjoining summits are called High-crag, High-stile,
and Red-pike. The two first are composed of what some would call
a porphyritic greenstone rock, the third of a reddish sienite:
and between the second and third lies Burtness Tarn.
The road, after passing Gatesgarth, touches upon the margin of
Buttermere Lake, and a little further upon the left is the neat
sheltered cottage of Hase-
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gazetteer links
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-- "Burtness Tarn" -- Bleaberry Tarn
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-- "Haseness" -- Hassness
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-- Hay Stacks
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-- High Crag
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-- High Stile
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-- "Honister" -- Honister Crag
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-- Honister Pass
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-- Honister Slate Quarry
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-- Red Pike
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-- Keswick to Buttermere
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-- "Scarf Gap" -- Scarth Gap
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