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Sep 12, 2026
#168: Mardale – Flooding of a valley
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6:00Jean Scott-SmithGUEST
here?Well, there must have been people in the Bronze Age, because there are some standing stones around.
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6:06Jean Scott-SmithGUEST
But then we do know that there's a British fort on the top of Castle Crag, and the Romans had a road that went over High Street.
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6:14Jean Scott-SmithGUEST
Why it's called High Street.
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6:16Jean Scott-SmithGUEST
After that, we get, uh, people of Scandinavian descent that came into the valley and made little settlements like at Maisand and Welter and Mardale Green.
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32:44Mark RichardsHOST
I can see through the mistiness Rough Crag, the famous ridge that leads up onto High Street.
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32:50Mark RichardsHOST
Harterfell is completely out of sight, and behind me is Branstree, uh, again missing.
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32:56Mark RichardsHOST
I can just see through the mists towards Castle Crag and Welter Crags and Low Raise.
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33:02Mark RichardsHOST
Kidster Pike is vaguely there above Riggindale.