VII. 



HAWES WATER, — PASS OF NANBIELD. 



From Penrith to Askham 

 To Bampton Church ... 



„ Mardale Green 



„ Nanbield 



„ Kentmere Chapel ... 



Total 61^ „ 

 Or, — Mardale, by Nanbield and High Street, to Troutbeck Inn, 6 miles. 



There remains but one lake to be noticed, and 

 that is Hawes Water, which is less visited than any 



other in the district. It is beautiful, 

 HAw™wira°B. but rather out of the way, except to 



visitors who come by Penrith ; as they 

 are usually bent on seeing at once the most cele- 

 brated points of scenery. Penrith is a neat little 

 town, busy, from being the great thoroughfare of 

 the district, but not particularly interesting, except 

 from some Druidical remains in the neighbourhood, 

 a curiosity in the churchyard, and the vicinity of 

 Brougham Castle. The circle called Long Meg 

 and her daughters is six miles from Penrith ; and 

 no relic of the kind in England is better worth a 

 visit. In the churchyard of Penrith is the monu- 

 ment about which nobody really knows any thing, 

 though it goes by the name of the Giant's Grave. 

 It consists of two stone pillars, with four slabs 

 between them, set up on edge. There are some 

 undecipherable carvings on the upper part of the 

 pillars. This was the monument which Sir Walter 



