Search for a place
Search for a place
DUNMAIL-RAISE, a mountain-pass on the mutual border of Westmoreland and Cumberland; on the road from Ambleside to Keswick, 1¼ mile S of Wythburn. Its summit has a height of 720 feet above sea-level; is lower than any mountain-pass between Black-Combe and the boundary of Durham; and has an ancient cairn, said to have been formed in 945, by the Anglo-Saxon king Edmund, to commemorate the defeat and death of Dunmail, the last king of Cumbria. The sides of the pass are flanked by Steel-Fell and Seat-Sandal; and the southern descent of it commands a sudden and very grand view over the vale of Grasmere.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
| Linked entities: | |
|---|---|
| Feature Description: | "a mountain-pass" (ADL Feature Type: "gaps") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland Ancient County Westmorland Ancient County |
| Place: | Dunmail Raise |
Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.