Lion’s Head Rock, Dovedale

This image shows another well-known landmark in Dovedale: Lion’s Head Rock. In Adam Bede, Eagledale is based on Dovedale.

Mottram, Allan P. and Vernon H. Mottram. “Lion’s Head Rock, Dovedale.” The True Story of George Eliot: Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co., 1906.

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Mottram, Allan P. and Vernon H. Mottram, Lion’s Head Rock, Dovedale, Images of George Eliot's England, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/3100