Bowscale

Bowscale
Bowscale
Bowscale Bowscale shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY357315
Civil parish	Mungrisdale
District	Eden
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA11
Dialling code	017687
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border
List of places UK England Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°40′30″N 2°59′46″W / 54.675°N 2.996°W / 54.675; -2.996

Bowscale is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. The sable tarn in Sir Walter Scott's poem The Bridal of Triermain was reportedly based on Bowscale Tarn.^[1]

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↑ Nuttall, John; Nuttall, Anne (1 January 1996). The Tarns of Lakeland. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-85284-210-9. Retrieved 19 July 2012.

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