AbstractMuch of the lower hill‐country of the Lake District had a continuous ice‐cover during the Main Irish Sea glaciation, as probably also in the earlier glaciations, and there are many indications of ice‐action at considerable altitudes. The later phases of the Newer glaciation, however, made a great contribution to the present topography, in respect both of valley erosion and lowland deposition. The main Coniston glacier bifurcated south of Coniston town, and the eastern portion itself divided into three at Blawith and Lowick Green. A further triple sub‐division also occurred north of Ulverston. The drumlin display formed by the piedmont glaciers is correlated with the Scottish re‐advance, and with an end moraine at Kirkham, Lancashire. They are very similar to drumlins forming an extensive field of the same age between the Antrim and Kells moraines in Ireland. A substantial terminal moraine was formed at Haverthwaite and a multiple one at Nibthwaite. These are correlated with terminal moraines at Newby Bridge and Church Town, and with the Highland re‐advance and the Antrim coast glaciation. The sculpturing of the cirques to the form seen today belongs to the last, post‐Alleröd phase, the Cir