Plan Around Gaitscale Farmstead
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Gaitscale Farmstead Details
Although this farmstead was inhabited for almost 100 years between 1686 and 1771, by the early 19th century it was merely a ruin. The name 'Gaitscale' has Norse origins; 'gait' means 'goat,' and scale means 'shieling,' or seasonal house. The farmstead's name suggests that the area was inhabited long before the 17th century. Visitors today can discern the farmhouse, barns, sheep pens and old field boundaries. The farmstead is 7.5 miles west of Ambleside.
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