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GATES WATER, a mountain lakelet in Furness fells, in Lancashire; between the Old Man of Coniston and Dow-crag. It has wildly savage scenery; measures about ½ a mile in circuit; contains much trout and some char; and is the source of the rivulet Torver.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a mountain lakelet" (ADL Feature Type: "lakes") |
Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
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