Grisedale Tarn is a
tarn in the
Lake District
The Lake District, also known as ''the Lakes'' or ''Lakeland'', is a mountainous region and National parks of the United Kingdom, national park in Cumbria, North West England. It is famous for its landscape, including its lakes, coast, and mou ...
of England between
Fairfield and
Dollywagon Pike.
It is the legendary resting place of the crown of the kingdom of Cumbria, after the crown was conveyed there in 945 by soldiers of the last king,
Dunmail, after he was slain in battle with the combined forces of the English and Scottish kings.
Grisedale Tarn is in altitude
[ and has a maximum depth of around .][ It holds brown trout, perch and eels.][Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): ] The outflow is to Ullswater to the north-east, picking up all of the rainfall from the eastern face of Dollywagon Pike.
The Tarn is the subject of a poem by the Rev. Frederick William Faber printed in 1840.
See also
* Grizedale
* Grizedale Forest
* Brothers Parting Stone
References
Lakes of the Lake District
Patterdale
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