This is the location of the Trust’s first acquisition in the Lake District, Brandelhow Woods, on the lakeshore. Total NT protection in the area today covers 11,806ha (29,173 acres), including eleven farms, half of Derwentwater (including the main islands), the hamlet of Watendlath and sites with literary or historical interest such as the Bowder Stone, Friar’s Crag, Ashness Bridge and Castlerigg Stone Circle, a free-standing megalithic monument of 38 stones near Keswick. What’s new in 2004: Access to the buildings at Force Crag Mine on two days (provisionally 6 Aug and 10 Sept). Admission by timed ticket on minibus from Keswick. This was the last working mine in the Lake District, extracting lead, zinc and barytes. Buildings and machinery ha

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