Photographs taken around the beautiful valley of Kentmere in the English Lake District.
Aerial view over the Kentmere Valley, and the eastern slopes of the Troutbeck Valley to the central and north eastern fell of the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Aerial view of Kentmere Tarn in Kentmere, the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Tarn was originally a small glacial lake, but in 1840 the valley was drained to provide better agricultural land. It was found that the lake bed held deposits of diatomite (a powdery mineral composed of fossilised aquatic plants). The diatomite was then mined for various industrial uses and two Viking canoes and a spearhead were discovered in the lake bed. After the mine closed, the hole was flooded and the smaller Kentmere Tarn was created.
Kentmere Hall, Kentmere, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Kentmere Hall has a 14th century pele tower built as protection from the Scots. Its most famous inhabitant, the 16th century outspoken protestant Bernard Gilpin almost died for his faith. He became known as The Apostle of the North.
St Cuthbert's Church, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The yew tree, believed to be almost a thousand years old, growing in the churchyard suggests that this is an ancient place of worship. The present church, much rebuilt in the 19th century has 16th century ceiling beams and a colourful collection of embroidered kneelers. Some believe that St. Cuthbert’s body may have lain overnight in the church on its way to Durham.
Badger Rock or the Brock Stone, Kentmere, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Badger Rock is a large free-standing boulder, popular with climbers.
A hogg hole and Badger Rock, Kentmere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Hogg holes allow hogs (yearling sheep) to pass freely from one field to another. The Badger Rock (or the Brock stone) can be seen in the distance.
Kentmere Reservoir, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Kentmere Reservoir is fed by the streams running off the fells that form the source of the Kent, a river that once powered more water mills than any other English river. The reservoir was opened in 1848 to regulate the flow of the Kent to the mills.
Dark skies over Kentmere Reservoir in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Kentmere Reservoir is fed by the streams running off the fells that form the source of the Kent, a river that once powered more water mills than any other English river. The reservoir was opened in 1848 to regulate the flow of the Kent to the mills.
Dark skies over Kentmere Reservoir in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Kentmere Reservoir is fed by the streams running off the fells that form the source of the Kent, a river that once powered more water mills than any other English river. The reservoir was opened in 1848 to regulate the flow of the Kent to the mills.
The control wheel in the dam of Kentmere Reservoir, Cumbria.
Kentmere Reservoir is fed by the streams running off the fells that form the source of the Kent, a river that once powered more water mills than any other English river. The reservoir was opened in 1848 to regulate the flow of the Kent to the mills.
The newly formed waters of the River Kent, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The newly formed River Kent leaving Kentmere Reservoir to travel 20 miles (32 km) to join the rivers, Gilpin, Bela and Winster to flow into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
A little old bridge spans the young River Kent in the Kentmere, Valley, Cumbria.
Whether Fold, an old washfold beside the newly formed River Kent in Kentmere, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Sheep would have been enclosed in the large circle and then released individually into the small enclosure ready for dipping in the water to remove parasites. The dam wall of the reservoir can be seen in the distance.
Whether Fold, an old sheepfold beside the newly formed River Kent in Kentmere, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Whether Fold was actually an old washfold. Sheep would have been enclosed in the large circle and then released iindividually into the small enclosure ready for dipping in the water.
The Ull Stone, Kentmere in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The Ull Stone, an erratic igneous boulder affords super views across to Morecambe Bay. According to legend, the stone is half of a huge dice, thrown by Ull, an angry giant who had lost a bet about some sheep. He threw the dice from Cockermouth and it landed here in Kentmere. As it landed it split, but the other half has disappeared.
Sheep at a feeder with a backdrop of Rainsborrow Crag in the Kentmere Valley of Cumbria.
The slate quarries of Rainsborrow Crag and Steel Rigg in the Kentmere Valley of Cumbria.
Steel Rigg Slate Quarry on the slopes of Rainsborrow Crag in the Kentmere Valley, Cumbria.
Steel Rigg Slate Quarry on the slopes of Rainsborrow Crag in the Kentmere Valley, Cumbria.
Rainsborrow Crag, Ill Bell and Tongue House Scar in the Kentmere Valley, Cumbria.
Rainsborrow Crag, Ill Bell and Tongue House Scar in the Kentmere Valley, Cumbria.
Sheep beside the footpath at Tongue House and Tongue Scar in the Kentmere Valley, Cumbria.
Ill Bell can be seen in the distance.
The Romano-British 'Tongue House Settlement' in the Kentmere Valley, Cumbria.
The rocky round mounds in the field to the side of Tongue House and below Tongue Scar are the remains of a settlement built by Bronze Age farmers over 4,000 years ago when the valley would have been densely forested.
The Romano-British 'Tongue House Settlement' in the Kentmere Valley, Cumbria.
The rocky round mounds in the field to the side of Tongue House and below Tongue Scar are the remains of an ancient settlement. Within this once walled enclosure there were ten stone based circular huts. This photo shows the foundations of a small hut that had been built on a raised platform. A larger one can be seen behind it.