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LOWDORE, a locality, with a famous waterfall, on the E side of Derwent-water, in Cumberland; 3 miles S of Keswick. A good inn is here; forms a fine centre for excursions by lake or land; and furnishes pleasure parties with boats and vehicles. The waterfall is approached behind the inn; occurs in a profound wide chasm, between the picturesque heights of Gowder-Crag and Shepherds-Crag; is an intricate series of little cascades and cataracts, split and disjoined by numerous boulders; makes an aggregate descent of about 360 feet; and, in a high flood, becomes tumultuous, furious, and grand, emitting a muffled thunderous sound, audible at the distance of 3 miles. A whimsical rhyming description of it was written by Southey for the nursery. The best view-point of the chasm is the top of a cliff, reached by a climb round Shepherds-Crag; and commands, at the same time, an extensive brilliant prospect over part of Derwent-water, and northward to Bassenthwaite and Skiddaw.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a locality, with a famous waterfall" (ADL Feature Type: "waterfalls") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland AncC |
| Place: | Lodore |
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