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The River Crake is born as it leaves Coniston Water, which seems to be at SD291816, without public access. A little further north is the site of Nibthwaite Quay, where slates and ores were off-loaded to carts and taken by road to to sea at Greenodd. A kissing gate and public footpath give access to the remains of the quay. Nibthwaite was a division of Colton parish, and High Nibthwaite is a hamlet of around a dozen houses. The tannery on the 1850 and 1890 OS maps is now 'Lake End', at SD293897. On the tops of the walls, lumps of slag called mossers can be found. From the centre of the hamlet a path goes south-eastwards, following the Caws Beck, and striking off to the left of this is the very steep and slippery ascent of Brock Barrow, 229m AOD. Wainwright was unaware of this name, although it is on the 1850 6 inch map. It is the first leg of his walk over Bethecar Moor to Top o' Selside in 'The Outlying Fells'. It seems to me that the Caw Beck path could be followed to SD300897, from where a public footpath leads up towards the summit. A view of Brock Barrow from High Nibthwaite is at present the only image for this square: SD2989 : Brock Barrow

Only 200m or so after leaving the lake, the river broadens out into Allan Tarn. There is no public access, although there is a public footpath quite near, and possibly access to a boathouse just downstream of the tarn. Then downstream to Bouthray Bridge the civil parish boundary goes round the western side of a large field, perhaps indicating an old course of the river. The south-eastern part of the square is largely occupied by High Wood, which has a public path through it at SD299895, and this passes close to a summit at SD298890 which at 210m AOD is almost as high as Back Barrow.