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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:
Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones HillTowtop Kirk early Christian enclosureCastle Crag slight univallate hillfortRomano-British farmstead at HaweswaterEnclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones HillRound cairn north of Four Stones HillRound cairn 680m ENE of DalefootSettlement SW of Naddle BridgeSelside Pike round cairnRomano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and Romano-British farmstead north west of Tongue House Barn.Small stone circle on Swarth FellRing cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop StoneMoated site and annexe east of Setterahpark WoodStone bridge, Cawdale BeckRound cairn on High RaiseTwo standing stones north-west of Four Stones HillBridge over Heltondale Beck 250yds (230m) SSW of WidewathRound cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill TarnRound cairn on Burn BanksBridge over Heltondale Beck 550ft (170m) S of WidewathRomano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House.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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