Dungeon Ghyll
| Dungeon Ghyll | ||
 The Ghyll Dungeon |
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| location | Lake District in Cumbria in NW England | |
| River system | River Leven | |
| Drain over | Great Langdale Beck → River Brathay → River Rothay → River Leven → Irish Sea | |
| source | southwest of Thuncar Knott 54 ° 27 ′ 37 ″ N , 3 ° 6 ′ 59 ″ W |
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| muzzle | in the Great Langdale Beck coordinates: 54 ° 26 '46 " N , 3 ° 5' 39" W 54 ° 26 '46 " N , 3 ° 5' 39" W.
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The Dungeon Ghyll is a watercourse in the Lake District , Cumbria , England .
The Dungeon Ghyll rises southwest of the Thunacar Knott and flows in a southeast direction between the Harrison Stickle in the north and the Pike of Stickle in the south.
Before the Dungeon Ghyll reaches the plains of the Great Langdale Valley, it flows over the Dungeon Ghyll Force waterfall . ( 54 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ N , 3 ° 5 ′ 50 ″ W ) The waterfall, with a height of about 18 m, fell from the lake Poet William Wordsworth in the poem Dungeon-Ghyll Force , also known as The Idle Shepherd Boys , is described. The waterfall was a must-see when visiting the Lake District in Victorian times .
The Dungeon Ghyll flows into the Great Langdale Beck .
Small watercourses flowing over steep terrain are a unique feature of the Cumbrian mountains. The watercourses have a diverse vegetation. The Dungeon Ghyll offers a particularly large biodiversity and has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1986 .
swell
- Penrith & Keswick, Ambleside (= Landranger Map . Band 90 ). Ordnance Survey , Southampton 2011, ISBN 978-0-319-23206-4 .
Web links
- William Wordsworth, The Idle Shepherd-Boys on William Wordsworth, The Complete Poetical Works
- Dungeon Ghyll Force on The Cumbria Directory
- Dungeon Ghyll on English Lakes
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dungeon Ghyll on SSSI List at Natural England