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| FlannyBabes/Blea Tarn | |
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| Location | England |
| Coordinates | 54°25′48″N 3°5′31″W / 54.43000°N 3.09194°W |
| Type | Tarn |
| Basin countries | United Kingdom |
| Max. depth | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Surface elevation | 617 ft (188 m) |
Blea Tarn is a small tarn between Great Langdale and Little Langdale in the Lake District, England. It occupies its own small elevated valley at 617 ft above sea level in which there is also a farmhouse and a National Trust car park[1]. It is near to the many famous mountains of Great Langdale, including the Langdale Pikes, Crinkle Crags, and Bowfell. The hill that rises above the Tarn to the west is called Blake Rigg.
It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest[2] due to the variety of wildlife; and it is also owned by the National Trust, as is the farmhouse.
Farmhouse
The farmhouse and tarn are mentioned in Wordsworth's 'The Solitary'.
"...to the south
Was one small opening, where a heath-clad ridge
Supplied a boundary less abrupt and close;
A quiet treeless nook, with two green fields,
A liquid pool that glittered in the sun,
and one bare Dwelling; one Abode, no more !
It seemed the home of poverty and toil
Though not of want: the little fields, made green
By husbandry of many thrifty years,
Paid cheerful tribute to the moorland House. ..."— William Wordsworth, 1814[3]
The farmhouse was built in the 17th Century[4], with a later 18th Century addition, and is currently listed at Grade II[4]. It is a National Trust property and is rented to a local family. It is no longer a working farm.
References
- ^ http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-littlelangdale/w-littlelangdale-accessibility-2.htm
- ^ http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/sssi_details.cfm?sssi_id=1000814
- ^ Wordsworth, William (1814). The Excursion; Being a Portion of The Recluse, a Poem. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. p. 67.
- ^ a b http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/842966
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