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| Innominate Tarn, Ennerdale and Kinniside | ||
| Innominate Tarn | ||
| Loaf Tarn | ||
| site name:- | Hay Stacks | |
| civil parish:- | Ennerdale and Kinniside (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tarn | |
| coordinates:- | NY19741296 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1912 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY11 | |
| altitude:- | 1723 feet | |
| altitude:- | 525m | |
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 BMR56.jpg From between Grey Knotts and Brandreth. (taken 22.9.2006)  BMR64.jpg From about Brandreth. (taken 22.9.2006) |
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| hearsay:- |
Alfred Wainwright died 1991, age 84, by his wish his ashes were scattered by the side
of this tarn:- |
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| "A quiet place, a lonely place. I shall go to it, for the last time, and be carried:
someone who knew me in life will take me and empty me out of a little box and leave
me there alone. And if you, dear reader, should get a little bit of grit in your boots
as you are crossing Haystacks in the years to come, please treat it with respect.
It might be me." |
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| hearsay:- |
The tarn was originally Loaf Tarn because of the dough like appearance of peats in
the water. It was given its new name by the Fell and Rock Climbing Club who thought
it was nameless. |
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