Devoke Water
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Devoke Water is a small lake in the south west of the Lake District in North West England. It is the largest tarn in the Lake District, a tarn being a specific type of glacial lake formed when a hollow is created on a mountain.[1] The lake is Script error: No such module "convert". long, has an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and lies at an altitude of Script error: No such module "convert". on Birker Fell. Its outflow, to the north west, is Linbeck Gill, which joins the River Esk before flowing into the Irish Sea at Ravenglass. The lake is in the unitary authority of Cumberland and the ceremonial county of Cumbria. Its south-western shore forms part of the south-western boundary of Eskdale parish, in which it is situated.
Devoke Water can be reached via a bridle track. There is a two-storey stone boathouse-cum-refuge and a ruined stable. The fishing rights to the lake are owned by Millom Anglers and it is stocked with brown trout. It also holds perch.
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One of the chapters of Alfred Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland is a circular walk anticlockwise around Devoke Water, starting and finishing on the road to the east. He describes the summits Rough Crag at Script error: No such module "convert".,[2] Water Crag at Script error: No such module "convert".,[3] White Pike at Script error: No such module "convert".,[4] Yoadcastle at Script error: No such module "convert".,[5] Woodend Height at Script error: No such module "convert".[6] and Seat How at Script error: No such module "convert".,[7] and says that "it is predominantly for the mountain prospect that this walk gains a strong recommendation", noting that the view from the summits includes Pillar and nearby fells to the north, the Scafell group to the north north east and the Bowfell group to the north east, as well as the Isle of Man and Sellafield power station. He warns that "Linbeck Gill is uncrossable dryshod after rain".[8]
All six summits are classified as Birketts. Yoadcastle is classed as a Fellranger, being described by Richards in the Coniston volume of his book series.[9] It is among the 21 such summits (originally 18 before the extension of the Lake District) which are not included in Wainwright's main list of 214.[10]
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