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Grizedale
Tarn
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| Type; | Natural | View Larger Map |
| Location; | Grizedale Forest | |
| Accessibility; | Access Land | |
| Grid Ref; | SD 346 943 | |
| Elevation; | 206 m (676 feet) | |
| Size; | 72 x 57 m (235 x 187 feet) | |
| Area; | 0.3 hectares (0.8 acres) | |
| Depth; | 2m (6½ feet) | |
| Meaning of name; | pigs valley tarn | |
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There are several tarns in Grizedale Forest, however only one is natural - Grizedale Tarn, which is also the only one named on the OS map. All the others are manmade, one simply having been built by Harold Brocklebank (the shipping magnate, who bought Grizedale Hall in 1903) for his son to sail his miniature steam yacht! Grizedale
Tarn is an attractive little tarn, lying in an ice-scoured hollow and
overlooked by a small rocky knoll. It was used as an emergency water supply
for Grizedale Hall during the Second World War, when the Hall was being
used as an officers' Prisoner of War camp. |
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