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1905
This view is directly into Knott's Hole
(at low tide). The headland on the left is the "Rock of the
Dingle" (David's Throne) which separated what are said to be the two branches of the Dingle Stream
- in fact there is evidence of two, separate streams emptying here. Left of centre
(background) can be seen the old sandstone wall, built across the mouth of the
Glen after the main stream dried up.
The 17th Century Puritan settlers in
Toxteth applied Biblical place-names
to a number of local features. They called the headland "David's
Throne". It was once crowned by an alcove containing a statue of the 'Nymph
of the Dingle' - the subject of an allegorical poem by William Roscoe, on the
drying up of the Dingle Stream.
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