Lake District are no high summits in this area which is mainly low hills, knolls and limestone cuestas such as Gummer's How and Whitbarrow. Indeed, it rises only as high as at Top o' Selside east of Coniston Water; the wide expanse of Grizedale Forest stands between the two lakes. Kendal and Morecambe Bay stand at the eastern and southern edges of the area. Only one of the lakes in the Lake District is called by that name, Bassenthwaite Lake. All the others such as Windermere, Coniston Water, Ullswater and Buttermere are meres, tarns and waters, with "mere" being the least common
Lake of the Idols "Lago della Ciliegeta" (eng. "Cherry Grove Lake"), named for the cherry groves that grew around the lake. The name "Lago degli Idoli" (eng. "Lake of the Idols") was applied after 1838 and refers to the Etruscan bronze statuettes found in the lake (see History). Another name for the lake is "Buca del Tesoro" (eng. "Treasure Hole"). According to Alfredo Bresciani, the lake formed approximately 6,000 years ago (4th millennia BCE), based on radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology testing done on the lake. The lake was used in ancient times by the Etruscans. They viewed it as a "holy spring of the