Posted by Ian E-N on September 05, 2006 at 19:24:35 from 86.130.94.59 user IanEN.
In Reply to: Re: Lake levels (was Wild Cat Island) posted by Jock on September 05, 2006 at 18:27:19:
lowered the mean level of Coniston as a flood prevention measure. Before the adjustment, after a few days heavy rainfall, farmers with low lying fields could find their sheep grazing in a swamp.
I think that, with a higher level, the marshy area near Brown Howe ( SW Coniston ) would have made a fine horseshoe bay - complete with a sharp rock at the right hand side entering the bay.