VII. 



HAWES WATEB. PASS OP KANBIELD, 



From Penrith to Askliam 5 miles 



To Bampton Church ... 



Mardale Green 

 Nanbield 

 Kentmere Chapel 



13 

 19 



Total 61i „ 

 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, 

 hI^b^'^ateb. b^* 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 g-reat 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 



