Bowscale

Bowscale

Bowscale
Bowscale
 Bowscale shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY357315
Civil parishMungrisdale
DistrictEden
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town PENRITH
Postcode district CA11
Dialling code 017687
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentPenrith 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]

References

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  1. 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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