List of Mosedale valleys and Mosedale Becks
Appearance
There are several valleys called Mosedale and watercourses called Mosedale Beck in Cumbria, England.
There is also a hamlet called Mosedale, in the parish of Mungrisdale.
Description | District | Source | Flows into | Enters sea as | Coordinates | Comments |
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Mosedale Beck (Wast Water) | Copeland | Scoat Fell | Wast Water | River Irt | The Mosedale Horseshoe is a classic mountain walk round the watershed of this valley, including Yewbarrow, Red Pike, Scoat Fell, and Pillar.[1] | |
Mosedale valley, River Caldew | Eden | Skiddaw | River Eden | River Eden | Name is not shown on Ordnance Survey maps, but is sometimes used for the valley above Mosedale hamlet.[2] | |
Mosedale Beck (Glenderamackin) | Eden | Great Dodd | River Glenderamackin and thence River Greta | River Derwent | The Mosedale Viaduct carries the former Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway, now a footpath, over this stream.[3] | |
Mosedale Beck (Swindale) | Eden | Branstree | Swindale Beck, and thence River Lowther, River Eamont | River Eden | Mosedale Cottage is an isolated bothy in the valley, supported by the Mountain Bothies Association.[4] | |
Mosedale or Moasdale, near foot of Hardknott Pass | Copeland | Little Stand (as Stonesty Gill) | River Duddon (at foot of Hardknott Pass) | River Duddon | The Ordnance Survey calls the valley Mosedale on 1:50,000 and Moasdale on 1:25,000, and names the stream as Moasdale Beck on 1:25,000. | |
Mosedale, Loweswater Fells | Allerdale | Floutern Tarn between Great Borne and Hen Comb | Park Beck (which leaves Loweswater as Dub Beck), thence Crummock Water and River Cocker | River Derwent | Mosedale is a boggy valley between Mellbreak and Hen Comb. It contains a solitary holly tree, notable enough to be shown on Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps as "Mosedale Holly Tree". |
References
[edit]- ^ "The Mosdale Horseshoe". Fellwalker. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "Mosedale". Lake District Information. Garden House Nurseries. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "Mosedale Viaduct". Old Cumbria Gazetteer. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "Mosedale Cottage". Mountain Bothies Association. Retrieved 6 May 2014.