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72 Chapter 4: Upper Rawtheydale The Top 10 waterfalls in Loyne 1. Cautley Spout, Howgills 2. Black Force, Howgills 3. Rawthey (Uldale) Force 4. Thornton Force, Ingleton 5. Gaping Gill, below Ingleborough 6. Force Gill, Whernside 7. Ibbeth Peril, Dentdale 8. Docker Force, Birk Beck 9. Taythes Gill, Baugh Fell 10. Clough Force, Grisedale Cautley Crag - and, beyond Cautley Spout, Bowderdale protected bowl around Cautley Holme Beck encouraged the Iron Age settlements for which, for the only time within the Howgills, the OS map uses its special font for antiquities. Cautley Spout is at the northern end of the 1km cliff face of Cautley Crag, formed by the erosion of an Ice Age cirque. The crag face is too unstable to be walked upon or climbed but it is the most impressive cliff in the Howgills. At close quarters, the cliff face is less fearsome than it seems: it is not as vertical as it looks from a distance and the ominous dark is due to heather, not rock, which is a pale grey, as the scree slopes show. This is Chapter 4 of The Land of the Lune (2nd edition), http://www.drakkar.co.uk/landofthelune.html, Copyright © 2010 John Self
The tributary of Ecker Secker Beck, like all the becks that drain west off West Baugh Fell and cross the Dent Fault, has eroded deep ravines and formed a series of small waterfalls as it crosses tilted, fissured rocks. The unusual exposed rock formations in Taythes Gill are well worth a visit, even for the amateur geologist. For the professional, they are essential; for it is here that the fine detail of upper Ordovician rock (420-440 million years old) may be unravelled. The trilobite fossils first found here are used as the standard by which the same layers are identified elsewhere. Some expertise is also required to appreciate Ecker Secker Beck’s other notable feature, the meadows near Foxhole Rigg that have been made a Site of Special Scientific Interest because they are a rare example of unimproved, traditionally managed grassland. The list of herbs and grasses that grow here reads like the index to a botanical encyclopedia. If you can tell a hairy lady’s mantle from an opposite-leaved golden saxifrage, then this too is worth a visit. Lacking geological or botanical expertise, we may simply enjoy the views across to the eastern Howgills, with Cautley Crag centre stage, and count the great spotted woodpeckers, which, on a bright November day, seemed plentiful. Further south, where Hebblethwaite Hall Gill crosses the Dent Fault, the line of the fault is indicated by a series of shakeholes. As these form in limestone, the fault must run just to the west of the line of holes. To the east of the fault, on a plateau between the rough sheep grazing land and the green cow pastures, some of the exposed rock strata are almost vertical, indicating the geological stresses of long ago. Hebblethwaite is an ancient name for the district. A Richardus and Agnes de Hebletwayt are listed in the Poll Tax of 1379 and a will of 1587 refers to “the Mannor or Graunge of Hebblethwaite”. Hebblethwaite Mill was built in the 1790s and was one of the first to use the The Rawthey from Sally Beck ... 73 new wool carding machines, powered by a water wheel. The Woodland Trust now manages Hebblethwaite Hall Wood, which is a 1km long strip of ancient oak and ash woodland alongside the beck that tumbles in a deep, dark ravine over many small waterfalls. A permissive path by the beck provides a short walk, best appreciated on a winter’s day, when the leaves have fallen. If you follow the path down from the hall you may need to rub your sheep-sated eyes as you approach the farmstead of Ghyllas. What you see are not sheep at all but alpaca. Ghyllas is leading a Why Not Alpacas? campaign – and, if the farmers are happy, why not indeed? Alpacas certainly have more spirit and charm than sheep. They make a soft humming noise and if in the mood they orgle (an orgle is a kind of orgasmic gargle). More to the commercial point, alpaca fibre is valued for the lightness and warmth it brings to winter clothing. Shortly after the Hebblethwaite Hall Gill merger, the Rawthey passes under Straight Bridge and after a further 200m, the major tributary of Clough River joins the Rawthey. Alpaca at Ghyllas, with Knott and Fawcett Bank Rigg beyond This is Chapter 4 of The Land of the Lune (2nd edition), http://www.drakkar.co.uk/landofthelune.html, Copyright © 2010 John Self
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The Land of the Lune John Self
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The Land of the Lune A guide to the
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The Land of the Lune - and its trib
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Contents Introduction 9 1. Northern
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The Land of the Lune - and its trib
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Acknowledgements Writing a general
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Chapter 9: Gretadale and a little m
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CHAPTER 1: Northern Howgills and Or
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The River Lune ... A great oak may
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Looking down Bowderdale Bowderdale
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Opposite: Ingleborough from Moughto
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active area long ago - long before
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Fen Beck Fen Beck arises on the eas
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often evidence, in the form of old
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silence is complete, apart from bir
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CHAPTER 11: Wenningdale, Hindburnda
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The Wenning from Keasden Beck ... T
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is split into four smaller cast-iro
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The River Hindburn By the time it r
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in spring is not, however, in silen
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Furnessford Bridge, although the 18
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CHAPTER 12: The Lune Floodplain and
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The Lune from the Wenning ... The a
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ather than shale, has been reached
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there are remains of about thirty c
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The Lune from Bull Beck ... The ste
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Foxdale Beck passes Littledale Hall
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four Roman miles from Lancaster, wh
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CHAPTER 13: The Lune to Lancaster
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The Lune from Artle Beck ... After
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entirely natural. Within Loyne the
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Halton washed away. This was swept
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Turner sketched it on his 1797 tour
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castle and priory now framed by the
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with the Dissolution of the Monaste
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St George’s Quay from the Millenn
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CHAPTER 14: The Salt Marshes
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The Lune from Lancaster ... Beyond
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Burrow Beck We followed the Roman r
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The River Conder The River Conder a
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from Clougha Pike. The valley seems
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nearby Church of St Thomas and St E
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The Lune from the Conder ... East o
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CHAPTER 15: Into Morecambe Bay
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The Lune from the Conder (continued
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then walk south along the coast. Th
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largest remaining uncultivated peat
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The remains of Cockersand Abbey Wal
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that there was a large local commun
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Reflections from the Point of Lune
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Bibliography and References Bibliog
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Contact Details for Further Informa
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Contact Details for Further Informa
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Austwick Game Cock Inn “ 51226 ht
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Tourist/Visitor Information Centres
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Bridge End (Caton) 198 Bridge End (
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Foul Gutter 125 Foundry Beck 207 Fo
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Walk 23: Ward’s Stone 225 Walk 24
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