Dockey Tarn

Dockey Tarn
A small lake surrounded by reeds on the slope of a mountain covered in vegetation with rocky outcrops
Dockey Tarn in 2012
Dockey Tarn is located in Cumbria
Dockey Tarn
Dockey Tarn
LocationCumbria, England
Coordinates54°27′25″N 2°59′56″W / 54.4569°N 2.9989°W / 54.4569; -2.9989
TypeLake
Surface elevation379.3 metres (1,244 ft)

Dockey Tarn is a small lake in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England. It is located at a height of 379.3 m (1,244 ft), on the west slope below the ridge from Nab Scar to Heron Pike, about 700 m (2,300 ft) south-east of Alcock Tarn, and about 2 km (1.2 mi) east of Grasmere.[1] It has been said to be one of the smallest tarns in the Lake District which is named on Ordnance Survey maps; it does not appear on their maps at 1:50,000 scale[2] but is marked and named on their 1:25,000 maps.[3]

A visitor in 2018 reported that the tarn had at that time dried up completely.[4]

The name of the tarn appeared in a 1749 document spelled "Dockrey Tarn", and is believed to derive from the local family surname Dockray.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Dockey Tarn, South Lakeland". OS GetOutside. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 map centred on location of Dockey Tarn". Streetmap. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 map centred on Dockey Tarn". Streetmap. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  4. ^ "#72: Dockey Tarn". SwimmingTheLakes. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Dockey Tarn". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Survey of English Place-Names. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
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