MA 1581.233, p. [9]

mountains above Grisdale. Luff then took us aside,
before we had begun to descend, to a small Ruin
which was formerly a Chapel or place of worship
where the Inhabitants of Martindale and Patterdale
were accustomed to meet on Sabbath days. There
are now no traces by which you could discover
that the Building had been different from a com-
-mon sheep-fold; the loose stones, and the few
which yet remain piled up are the same as
those which lie about on the mountain; but
the shape of the building, being oblong, is not
that of a common sheep-fold, and it stands East
and West. Whether it was ever consecrated ground
or not I know not; but the place may be kept
holy in the memory of some now living in Pat-
-terdale; for it was the means of preserving the
life of a poor old man last summer who, hav-
-ing gone up the mountain to gather peats, had
been overtaken by a storm, and could not
find his way down again. He happened to be
near the remains of the old Chapel, and, in
a corner of it, he contrived, by laying turf and
ling and stones from one wall to the other, to
make a shelter from the wind, and there he
lay all night. The Woman who had sent him
on his errand began to grow uneasy towards