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Haweswater
Haweswater is in The Lake District National Park in England.
Haweswater is an artificially extended reservoir formed from the much smaller original lake that was roughly half the size and occupying the Northern half of the current reservoir. The villages of Mardale and Measand were lost to the much higher water level, together with a church, an inn and several roads with bridges. The dam at Haweswater was constucted to allow the existing lake in the valley to fill up to a higher level to create the reservoir we see today. Dissapointingly the dam is not accessible to walk along, as is the case at other reservoirs.
Created: 27 November 2016 Edited: 29 November 2023
Haweswater Details
Haweswater is a large freshwater lake in Cumbria, situated at an altitude of around 246 meters and is deep.
The shoreline of Haweswater is approximately 15.661 Kilometers all the way round.
- Altitude: 246 m
- Shoreline: 15.661 Km
- Depth: Deep
Haweswater
Haweswater Woodland
Haweswater is a woodland area in Cumbria, managed by RSPB.Local History around Haweswater
There are some historic monuments around including:
Bridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of WidewathCastle Crag slight univallate hillfortTwo standing stones north-west of Four Stones HillRound cairn north of Four Stones HillRound cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones HillRound cairn on High RaiseSettlement SW of Naddle BridgeBridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of WidewathRomano-British farmstead at HaweswaterRound cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill TarnRound cairn on Burn BanksRomano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and Romano-British farmstead north west of Tongue House Barn.Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop StoneEnclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones HillTowtop Kirk early Christian enclosureRomano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High HouseSmall stone circle on Swarth FellSelside Pike round cairnRound cairn 680m ENE of DalefootStone bridge, Cawdale BeckMoated site and annexe east of Setterahpark Wood.Wildlife in and around Haweswater
Haweswater Birds
There are 133 species of birds recorded as found near Haweswater.
| Barn Owl (Tyto alba) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
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