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:
Force Crag mines and barytes mill and a prehistoric cairnfieldRomano-British enclosed hut circle settlement and associated annexe at Lanthwaite GreenMedieval shielings at Great Cove, 2.68km south of Low GillerthwaiteLong Work 16th and 17th century copper mines, 400m north west of Waterfall ButtressRound cairn on GrasmoorSt Thomas' Work Elizabethan copper mine 320m north west of Grey ButtressRomano-British farmstead 200m west of Lambing KnottGillerthwaite and Dodsgill Beck medieval settlements, associated field systems and cairnfields 790m ENE and 370m north-east of Low GillerthwaiteGoldscope copper and lead mines and remains of associated dressing floors, stamp mill, dressing mill, reservoir and leatsDale Head copper mine 300m north east of Dale HeadShieling settlement close to the mouth of Scale BeckPrehistoric cairnfield 1.0km ESE of Low GillerthwaitePrehistoric cairnfield and a Romano-British farmstead and its associated field system 1.24 km ESE of Low GillerthwaiteMoated site of Loweswater PeleDale Head copper mine dressing floors and associated buildings 400m north of Dale Head.
