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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 Rev. 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 soon find places in the Museum. Mr. Quayle 
