Loughrigg Tarn

Loughrigg Tarn

View from Loughrigg Fell
Location Lake District
Coordinates 54°25′50″N 3°0′42″W / 54.43056°N 3.01167°W / 54.43056; -3.01167Coordinates: 54°25′50″N 3°0′42″W / 54.43056°N 3.01167°W / 54.43056; -3.01167
Basin countries United Kingdom
Average depth 6.9 m (23 ft)
Max. depth 10.3 m (34 ft)

Loughrigg Tarn (/ˌlʌfrɪɡ ˈtɑːrn/) is a small, natural lake in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. It is situated north of Windermere, just north of the village of Skelwith Bridge, and at the foot of Loughrigg Fell. "Loughrigg Tarn" is a bit of a tautology, since "loughrigg" means "ridge of the lough (lake)" and "tarn" is also the name of a body of water.

Loughrigg Tarn was a favoured place of William Wordsworth, who, in his Epistle to Sir George Howland Beaumont Bart, likened it to “Diana’s Looking-glass... round, clear and bright as heaven," in reference to Lake Nemi, the mirror of Diana in Rome.[1]

Alfred Wainwright notes that Loughrigg Tarn is "one of the most secluded of tarns", rarely being visible from the fells.[2] He also identifies that Loughrigg Fell is the only Lake District fell to share its name with a tarn.[3]

A spring reflection in Loughrigg Tarn sitting at the foot of Loughrigg Fell
The Langdale Pikes seen in the distance across Loughrigg Tarn

References

  1. John Nuttall; Anne Nuttall (1996). The Tarns of Lakeland 2. Cicerone. p. 117. ISBN 9781852842109.
  2. Alfred Wainwright. A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Book Three: The Central Fells. Loughrigg Fell, p10.
  3. Alfred Wainwright. A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Book Three: The Central Fells. Loughrigg Fell, p2.


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