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viewpoint, Calgarth
site name:-   Calgarth Park
civil parish:-   Windermere (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   viewpoint
coordinates:-   NY397001 (?) 
1Km square:-   NY3900
10Km square:-   NY30

evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
image CL13P133, button  goto source
Page 133:-  "..."
"... land at Crowgarth. Here the artist will have the best landscape near this Lake, though it does not take in one single island; yet this is the only place where the view closes on each side, and the rugged broken tops of Langdale-Pikes, Hard-knott, and Wry-nose, are seen most distinct, and to the best advantage, being any where else at too great a distance. Mr Hannan took this view from a hill between Miller-ground and Rayrigg, but the distance and elevation of the station took away the bold grandeur of the back ground, which I always think should be high; he also wanted the sloping woods and fields, with the white cottages of Wreay, with many other beautiful objects. Indeed if you could anchor in six fathoms water between the Sand-beds and High Wreay, opposite Ecclerigg-Cragg, (see plate X.) and the day should be calm, you would have the advantage of Clappersgate, and Rydale-Hall, at the Base of huge wooded mountains, and part of Ambleside. This situation is rather too low, but not much: I took a drawing there once, (but have lost it) some of the company fired a gun whilst I was making my draught, and it being a calm day, I catched the thin smoak as it had ascended about half way up the mountains, which had a very pretty effect."
"Whilst the landscape-painter is here exercising his pencil, let the antiquarian go to the farm-house at Crow-garth, alias Calf-garth, alias Cold-garth, now commonly called Caw-garth, be it which it will. ..."

indexing
place:-   Windermere lake
date:-   1787
period:-   18th century, late
period:-   1780s
item:-   guide bookSurvey of the Lakes

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