Levers Water is a small lake in the English
Lake District. It is located at the head of the Coppermines Valley, above
Coniston village. To its south-west is Raven Tor, a spur of
Brim Fell
Brim Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the west of Coniston village in the southern part of the District.
Topography
The Coniston (or Furness) Fells form the watershed between Coniston Water and the Duddon valley to t ...
, and to its north-west are Little How Crags and Great How Crags, on the eastern side of the north–south ridge leading to
Swirl How
Swirl How is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between Coniston and the Duddon Valley in the southern part of the District. It rivals the Old Man of Coniston as the highest point within the traditional County Palatine of Lancashir ...
.
A dam built in 1717 enlarged the existing tarn to provide water for the mines and for the village below.
A public footpath on its north-east side connects the Coppermines Valley to Swirl Hawse, while to its south-west, a path leads up Gill Cove to Levers Hawse on the main ridge of the
Coniston Fells
Coniston may refer to:
Australia
* Coniston (Northern Territory), a cattle station
** Coniston massacre, 1928
*Coniston, New South Wales
**Coniston railway station, New South Wales
* Coniston, Tasmania, a town in the Derwent Valley
United Kingd ...
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References
Lakes of the Lake District
South Lakeland District
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