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Alcock Tarn

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Alcock Tarn
Alcock Tarn. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Alcock Tarn is a lake in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is located high in the fells on Heron Pike, roughly a mile and a half east of Grasmere.

Alcock Tarn was originally known as Butter Crags Tarn and was enlarged by means of a stone and earth dam in the 19th century to a depth of about 6 ft (1.8 m). The owner, a Mr Alcock of Grasmere, then stocked it with brown trout.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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