Canisfamiliaris

The story of the Packwoman's Grave is retold by Wainwright in The Southern Fells.

The Packwoman's Grave

'Neglected and forgotten, yet within very easy reach of the gill, is the grave of a woman who used to call at Langdale farms carrying a pack of articles for sale - and whose mortal remains were found and buried here 170 years ago.* A simple cross of stones laid on the ground, pointing southeast, indicates the grave; it has suffered little disturbance down the years, but because so many folk nowadays seem unable to leave things alone its precise location is not divulged here.
The Southern Fells Rossett Pike p. 4

* Written in 1959
This would make the burial c.1790

the packwoman's grave

The packwoman's grave

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