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Burnmoor Tarn

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and Eskdale. The lake has two distinct basins close to the south-eastern shore and a maximum depth of 13 metres (43 ft). There are four main inflow streams to the north and north-west. The outflow at the eastern end joins the Hardrigg Beck which drains the slopes of
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at Beckfoot. Burnmoor Lodge, a former fishing lodge, stands by the southern shore and a mediaeval
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and, in times of especially high flow, is partly diverted into the lake across a braided
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at the tarn's north-eastern corner, which immediately turns south and flows into
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runs past the eastern shore where it fords the beck. Eskdale Moor or
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Overlooking Burnmoor Tarn with Burnmoor Lodge in the foreground.
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Two walkers looking over the lake with mountains in the background
Burnmoor Tarn is located in the Lake District
Burnmoor Tarn is located in the former Borough of Copeland
Lake District
54°25′41″N 3°15′34″W / 54.42814°N 3.25953°W / 54.42814; -3.25953
Primary outflows
Catchment area
Cumbria
tarns
Lake District
Whillan Beck
Eskdale
Esk
corpse road
Boat How
DEFRA
moraine
Wastwater
Scafell
delta
"Burnmoor Tarn"



"UK UWMN Sites"
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"View: Cumberland LXXIX.NE (includes: Eskdale.) - Ordnance Survey Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952"
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Lakes of the Lake District
Eskdale, Cumbria

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