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:
Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement and associated annexe at Lanthwaite GreenDale Head copper mine 300m north east of Dale HeadPrehistoric cairnfield and a Romano-British farmstead and its associated field system 1.24 km ESE of Low GillerthwaiteSt Thomas' Work Elizabethan copper mine 320m north west of Grey ButtressRomano-British farmstead 200m west of Lambing KnottGoldscope copper and lead mines and remains of associated dressing floors, stamp mill, dressing mill, reservoir and leatsMoated site of Loweswater PeleLong Work 16th and 17th century copper mines, 400m north west of Waterfall ButtressGillerthwaite and Dodsgill Beck medieval settlements, associated field systems and cairnfields 790m ENE and 370m north-east of Low GillerthwaiteShieling settlement close to the mouth of Scale BeckForce Crag mines and barytes mill and a prehistoric cairnfieldPrehistoric 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 HeadRound cairn on Grasmoor.
