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hillocks, rising somewhat above 100 feet in height above the 

 sea, and many small depressions now appearing as small 

 tarns or as peat bogs or mosses. One of the largest of these 

 Tarns was known as Ehenside Tarn (on the ordnance map 

 called Gibb Tarn) — an oval basin some four or five acres in 

 extent, sheltered N., W. and S. by hills. 



In 1869 Mr. John Quayle, an enterprising farmer, at 

 Ehenside, determined to drain the tarn and make land. He 

 dug a drain 15 feet deep from the easterly end and thence to 

 the river, and, as the water went away, cut deep drains round 

 and across the bottom of the lake. 



The lake bottom consisted apparently of peat moss, with 

 many trunks of trees embedded. 



In 1870 the Eev. S. Pinhorn found in the heaps thrown 

 up by the drainers stone celts and certain wooden objects 

 shewing handiwork. Mr. Pinhorn laid by some of these, 

 and they have since been presented by his widow to, and 

 now form part of, the Christy collection attached to the 

 British Museum. 



The Rev. J. W. Kenworthy, having visited the spot, was 

 struck with the locality and the objects discovered, and 

 made an interesting communication on the subject to the 

 Whitehaven Herald, in which he suggested that the discovery 

 had been made of a real lake dwelling. Mr. Kenworthy 

 mentioned the subject to Mr. Franks of the British 

 Museum who proposed to prosecute the discovery in detail. 

 Owing to the death of Mr. Pinhorn, his only means of 

 connection with the district, his purpose was laid by until 

 last summer when an exploration was conducted on the spot. 

 By this time the lake bottom was exposed and superficially 

 dry. Mr. Quayle's drains had done good work, and the 

 material from having been so soft that a dog could not have 

 run across it, was now solid enough to walk over. 



The new research added considerably to the list of objects, 

 most of which will soonfind places in the Museum. Mr. Quayle 



