Through Mountains to the Sea: On the On the A66 to West Cumbria

Scanlan, John orcid iconORCID: 0000-0003-2951-7823 (2019) Through Mountains to the Sea: On the On the A66 to West Cumbria. Places Journal, 2019 (July). pp. 1-8.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.22269/190730

Abstract

This article examines the cultural landscapes of Cumbria as they have been formed through literary, environmental, economic and other influences over the last three hundred years. It focuses in particular on the role of roads and other modern incursions in making the region - and West Cumbria, specifically - accessible against what was historically perceived as the natural barrier of the Lake District mountain landscape. The landscapes of the Lake District and the coastal region of West Cumbria are revealed as culturally distinct, yet now forever tied together through the construction of the A66 road.


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