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Dunmail Raise

Dunmail Raise, which has a high point of 238 metres, is on the A591 that separates the Lake District north to south between Keswick and Ambleside. Dunmail Raise, which rises between Grasmere and Thirlmere, is marked by a large cairn of stones.

Legend has it that Dunmail Raise was the scene of a bloody battle for control of the lands of Cumbria. This battle, which apparently took place against King Dunmail, who was the last King of Cumbria, against the united forces of Malcolm, the King of Scotland and Edmund, a Saxon King. Dunmail was defeated and killed and his sons were mutilated, his men were made to build a stone cairn over the spot where he fell. The legend further states that King Dunmail's golden crown was suppose to have been thrown into Grisdale Tarn and has never been recovered. However, this is highly unlikely as a crown would have been valuable war plunder.

To the east of Dunmail Raise is the ridge dominated by Helvellyn and Fairfield, and to the west, the High Raise massif. There is also a water treatment plant on Dunmail Raise, which is owned and run by United Utilities. Interestingly, this is the area where William Wordsworth, the famous poet, was thrown from a coach when the driver lost control of it.

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Dunmail House

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