The Fountain at Dufton

Dufton is a small village that nestles under the slopes of Great Dun Fell 12 miles from Penrith and 3 miles North of Appleby in Westmorland.

The Village is in the area known as the East Fellside - literally on the slopes of the northern Pennines below Cross Fell. The Pennine Way, Pennine Bridalway and the Sustrans Pennine Cycleway all pass through the village.  Dufton is in an area which is still quiet and remote from the heavy tourist and business traffic to be found on the A66 and in the Lake District which is only about 30 mins away.

The Village is in an area of outstanding natural beauty which in which can be seen Red Squirrels, Deer, many different type of Hawk and Owl, Foxes, Badgers.

The village lies about 180m above sea level, aligned roughly East-West round a rectangular shaped green bisected diagonally by an avenue of lime trees.  The main feature of which is the fountain.

This Fountain was provided by Mr. Wallace of the London Lead Company, which formally worked the many mines in the area.  On it there is a Latin inscription which when translated reads:

''There is a clear pool, whose waters gleam like silver.  It is not tainted by shepherds, or by their she-goats grazing on the mountain.  Nor is it muddied by cattle, or by birds or wild animals, or by a branch fallen from a tree"