Buttermere Tunnel by munki-boy
Buttermere Tunnel
Buttermere Tunnel is in The Lake District National Park in England.
A small, rock-cut section of tunnel allowing the path around the shoreline to continue unhindered.
Created: 6 March 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Entrance to the Tunnel at Buttermere
Buttermere Tunnel
Local History around Buttermere Tunnel
There are some historic monuments around including:
Dale Head copper mine 300m north east of Dale HeadMoated site of Loweswater PeleGillerthwaite and Dodsgill Beck medieval settlements, associated field systems and cairnfields 790m ENE and 370m north-east of Low GillerthwaiteRound cairn on GrasmoorRomano-British farmstead 200m west of Lambing KnottSt Thomas' Work Elizabethan copper mine 320m north west of Grey ButtressForce Crag mines and barytes mill and a prehistoric cairnfieldShieling settlement close to the mouth of Scale BeckGoldscope copper and lead mines and remains of associated dressing floors, stamp mill, dressing mill, reservoir and leatsPrehistoric cairnfield and a Romano-British farmstead and its associated field system 1.24 km ESE of Low GillerthwaiteLong Work 16th and 17th century copper mines, 400m north west of Waterfall ButtressPrehistoric cairnfield 1.0km ESE of Low GillerthwaiteMedieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low GillerthwaiteDale Head copper mine dressing floors and associated buildings 400m north of Dale HeadRomano-British enclosed hut circle settlement and associated annexe at Lanthwaite Green.
