Yorkshire Dales Photography: Photos of Casterton and Ease Gill in the extended Yorkshire Dales National Park of Cumbria. Aerial shots have been taken from a hot-air balloon.
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CASTERTON 01A - Aerial view of Casterton
Aerial view of Casterton in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
Photo taken from a hot-air balloon.
Photo taken from a hot-air balloon.
CASTERTON 03A - Yorkshire Dales National Park
The A683 enters the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Casterton in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
On the 1st August 2016, the Yorkshire Dales exended the boundary of its national park to include Casterton and Barbon.
On the 1st August 2016, the Yorkshire Dales exended the boundary of its national park to include Casterton and Barbon.
CASTERTON 05A - Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church, Casterton in the in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 05B - Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church, Casterton in the in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
The church was commissioned by the Reverend Carus-Wilson, the headmaster of Casterton School in 1833. The fine windows by Henry Holiday and paintings by Holiday and James Clark were added at the beginning of the 20th century. The paintings are on canvas which have been cemented to the walls.
The church was commissioned by the Reverend Carus-Wilson, the headmaster of Casterton School in 1833. The fine windows by Henry Holiday and paintings by Holiday and James Clark were added at the beginning of the 20th century. The paintings are on canvas which have been cemented to the walls.
CASTERTON 05C - Henry Holiday artwork, Holy Trinity Church
The chancel, Holy Trinity Church Casterton in Cumbria.
The stained glass windows and the mural of 'Angels' in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church are the work of the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Henry Holiday (1839 – 1927).
The stained glass windows and the mural of 'Angels' in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church are the work of the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Henry Holiday (1839 – 1927).
CASTERTON 05D - Henry Holiday windows, Holy Trinity Church
A collage of the stunning Benedicte and Days of Creation windows by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Henry Holiday in Holy Trinity Church, Casterton, Cumbria.
These two windows which are on either side of the baptistry are regarded by many as the the best of Holiday's work.
These two windows which are on either side of the baptistry are regarded by many as the the best of Holiday's work.
CASTERTON 05E - James Clark painting in Holy Trinity Church
'The Nativity' by James Clark on the west wall in Holy Trinity Church, Casterton, Cumbria.
Clark painted twelve biblical scenes for the church, but 'The Adoration of the Shepherds' which had also been on the west wall became damaged by damp and is now lost. All of the murals in the church were painted onto canvas and cemented onto the walls.
The window in the baptistry of 'The Good Shepherd' was by Shrigley and Hunt.
Clark painted twelve biblical scenes for the church, but 'The Adoration of the Shepherds' which had also been on the west wall became damaged by damp and is now lost. All of the murals in the church were painted onto canvas and cemented onto the walls.
The window in the baptistry of 'The Good Shepherd' was by Shrigley and Hunt.
CASTERTON 06A - Holy Trinity Church and the War Memorial
Holy Trinity Church and the War Memorial, Casterton in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 10A - Casterton School
Casterton School (1823-2013), Casterton, Cumbria.
This independent school for girls moved to Casterton from nearby Cowan Bridge in 1833. Built as a school for daughters of the clergy, its 1824 register showed the names of four Bronte sisters. The school's founder, Reverend Carus-Wilson is believed to have been the model for Mr Brocklehurst in Jane Eyre. Casterton School closed down in 2013 following a merger with Sedbergh School.
This independent school for girls moved to Casterton from nearby Cowan Bridge in 1833. Built as a school for daughters of the clergy, its 1824 register showed the names of four Bronte sisters. The school's founder, Reverend Carus-Wilson is believed to have been the model for Mr Brocklehurst in Jane Eyre. Casterton School closed down in 2013 following a merger with Sedbergh School.
CASTERTON 10C - Bronte House, Casterton School
Bronte House, Casterton School, Casterton, Cumbria.
Built in 1837 as Low Wood School for Girls, this independent school moved to Casterton from nearby Cowan Bridge in 1833.
Built in 1837 as Low Wood School for Girls, this independent school moved to Casterton from nearby Cowan Bridge in 1833.
CASTERTON 13A - Ramsons, Bronte Wood
Ramsons (wild garlic) in Bronte Wood at Casterton in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
Formerly known as Low Wood.
Formerly known as Low Wood.
CASTERTON 14A - Bluebells, Bronte Wood
Bluebells in Bronte Wood at Casterton in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
Formerly known as Low Wood.
Formerly known as Low Wood.
CASTERTON 15A - Sundial and Plague Stone, Devil's Bridge
The Plague Stone, Devil's Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria.
A 17th century sundial base on Devil's Bridge which may also have been used as a plague stone. Neighbouring farmers fearful of catching a plague which was spreading through the town would have insisted that the townsfolk pay for their produce by throwing coins into the disinfectant-filled hollow carved into the top. The stone bears the inscription (now almost impossible to read), 'FEARE GOD HONER THE KING 1673'.
This side of the Devil's Bridge is in Casterton and not Kirkby Lonsdale.
A 17th century sundial base on Devil's Bridge which may also have been used as a plague stone. Neighbouring farmers fearful of catching a plague which was spreading through the town would have insisted that the townsfolk pay for their produce by throwing coins into the disinfectant-filled hollow carved into the top. The stone bears the inscription (now almost impossible to read), 'FEARE GOD HONER THE KING 1673'.
This side of the Devil's Bridge is in Casterton and not Kirkby Lonsdale.
CASTERTON 20A - Goldsworthy Sheepfolds Project
An Andrew Goldsworthy Sheepfold beside Fellfoot Road, an old drovers' route running through Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
The Sheepfolds Project was a public artwork, consisting of sixteen folds, each containing a huge boulder situated along the old sheep drove-road. Each fold has access for both humans and sheep and is meant to relate directly to local farming traditions.
The Sheepfolds Project was a public artwork, consisting of sixteen folds, each containing a huge boulder situated along the old sheep drove-road. Each fold has access for both humans and sheep and is meant to relate directly to local farming traditions.
CASTERTON 20B - Goldsworthy Sheepfolds Project
Andrew Goldsworthy Sheepfold beside Fellfoot Road, an old drovers' route running through Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria..
CASTERTON 28A - The view from Fellfoot Road
Sheep and hawthorn in a field from Fellfoot Road, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 29A - Footpath from Langthwaite to Fellfoot Road
Female walker with dogs on the footpath from Langthwaite to Fellfoot Road, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 31A - A walk in the snow
Walking the dog along a snow covered lane at Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
(Telegraph poles and wires removed).
(Telegraph poles and wires removed).
CASTERTON 33A - Gildard Hill
Scots pines in the snow on Gildard Hill, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 33B - Sunset, Gildard Hill
Sunset on Gildard Hill, Casterton, in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria
CASTERTON 33C - Gildard Hill
Morning sunshine on Gildard Hill, Casterton in the Lune Valley, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 40A - The Cross Stone
The Cross Stone, Casterton, Cumbria.
A 14th/15th century standing cross, found in a field and re-erected before 1859. It may have originally been a grave marker.
On private farmland.
A 14th/15th century standing cross, found in a field and re-erected before 1859. It may have originally been a grave marker.
On private farmland.
CASTERTON 41A - Riddings Wood Limekiln
Limekiln in Riddings Wood, Casterton, Cumbria.
Private woodland.
Limekilns, built from the 17th to 19th centuries, were furnaces designed for the burning of limestone. This burning process produces quicklime which was used as agricultural fertiliser and for the production of building mortar. Kilns are set into the side of low hills so that carts could deliver and easily drop limestone and firewood into them. To prevent the kilns themselves from burning, they had to be lined with sandstone. It was a gruelling and dangerous job with many fatalities.
Private woodland.
Limekilns, built from the 17th to 19th centuries, were furnaces designed for the burning of limestone. This burning process produces quicklime which was used as agricultural fertiliser and for the production of building mortar. Kilns are set into the side of low hills so that carts could deliver and easily drop limestone and firewood into them. To prevent the kilns themselves from burning, they had to be lined with sandstone. It was a gruelling and dangerous job with many fatalities.
CASTERTON 41B - Aygill Limekilns
Two 18th century limekilns at Aygill, Casterton Fell, Casterton, Cumbria.
SD 662 818.
SD 662 818.
CASTERTON 41C - Casterton Fell Limekilns
Two 18th century limekilns south of Bullpot Farm on Casterton Fell, Casterton, Cumbria. SD 662 812.
CASTERTON 43A - Casterton Stone Circle
Casterton Stone Circle, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
Diameter 17.7m. Originally a circle of twenty stones set into an embankment and believed to be an Early Bronze Age kerbed platform burial cairn. Today only fourteen are clearly visible.
On private farmland. No public access.
Diameter 17.7m. Originally a circle of twenty stones set into an embankment and believed to be an Early Bronze Age kerbed platform burial cairn. Today only fourteen are clearly visible.
On private farmland. No public access.
CASTERTON 49A - Wintry view towards Brownthwaite
A wintry view of Brownthwaite from Wandales Lane, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 50A - Dark skies over Brownthwaite
Late afternoon sun on the slopes of Brownthwaite at Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 51A - Brownthwaite Pike
The stone shelter on Brownthwaite Pike, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
The view over Casterton and Kirkby Lonsdale in the Lune Valley to Morecambe Bay.
The view over Casterton and Kirkby Lonsdale in the Lune Valley to Morecambe Bay.
CASTERTON 52A - Brownthwaite
A view towards the Lakeland Fells from Brownthwaite at Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 54A - Blackthorn hedging
Blackthorn blossom in the hedgreow along The Fell Road, Casterton, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 55A - Casterton Fell Road
A crisp, icy morning on the Fell Road, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 57A - Crag Hill and Casterton Fell from Brownthwaite
What is this strange creature looking towards Crag Hill and Casterton Fell from the eastern slopes of Brownthwaite?
CASTERTON 59A - Crag Hill, Casterton Fell and Ease Gill
A view over Casterton Fell to Crag Hill and Ease Gill in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria..
CASTERTON 59B - Crag Hill, Casterton Fell and Ease Gill
Dark clouds over Casterton Fell and Ease Gill, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
A shaft of sunlight highlights the meadowseet.
A shaft of sunlight highlights the meadowseet.
CASTERTON 59B - Crag Hill and Casterton Fell
Crag Hill and Casterton Fell at Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 60A - Bull Pot of the Witches
Bull Pot of the Witches, Casterton Fell, Cumbria.
This 15 metre deep hole with a small stream falling into it lies beside trees to the left of the path near Bull Pot Farm. Two cavers have tragically lost their lives here in recent years. In spring the pothole is surrounded by wild garlic and bluebells.
This 15 metre deep hole with a small stream falling into it lies beside trees to the left of the path near Bull Pot Farm. Two cavers have tragically lost their lives here in recent years. In spring the pothole is surrounded by wild garlic and bluebells.
CASTERTON 61A - Bull Pot Farm, Casterton Fell
Evening sun on the slopes of Gragareth from Bull Pot Farm, Casterton Fell, Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria..
Bull Pot Farm is the home of the The Red Rose Cave & Pothole Club. Website
Bull Pot Farm is the home of the The Red Rose Cave & Pothole Club. Website
CASTERTON 62A - Crag Hill from Bull Pot Farm
Evening sun on Crag Hill from Bull Pot, Casterton Fell in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 64A - Hellot Scales Barn, Casterton Fell
Hellot Scales Barn on Casterton Fell in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
CASTERTON 80A - Rounding up sheep for dipping
Sheepdog rounding up sheep and lambs for dipping at Casterton in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
EASE GILL 01A - Ease Gill
Aerial view of the Cumbria / Lancashire border along Ease Gill which separates the Leck and Casterton Fells.
EASE GILL 03A - Water-sculpted limestone
The water-sculpted limestone of Ease Gill in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Ease Gill follows the county border separating Casterton Fell in Cumbria from Leck Fell in Lancashire.
EASE GILL 06A - Cow Dubs
Cow Dubs, a magical little waterfall in Ease Gill in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Ease Gill follows the county border separating Casterton Fell in Cumbria from Leck Fell in Lancashire.
Ease Gill follows the county border separating Casterton Fell in Cumbria from Leck Fell in Lancashire.
EASE GILL 06B - Cow Dubs
The waterfall at Cow Dubs, Ease Gill in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The waters of Ease Gill disappear underground at Cow Dubs to reappear at Leck Beck Head near Ease Gill Kirk.
The waters of Ease Gill disappear underground at Cow Dubs to reappear at Leck Beck Head near Ease Gill Kirk.
EASE GILL 11A - Dry waterfall, Ease Gill Kirk
The dry waterfall in Ease Gill Kirk between Casterton Fell and Leck Fell in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
This limestone gorge was the course of Leck Beck until it disappeared underground at Cow Dubs (resurfacing at Leck Beck Head). This dry waterfall at the end of the kirk comes alive again in very wet weather as water pours over this rock face again and the limestone basin fills rapidly with surging water.
This limestone gorge was the course of Leck Beck until it disappeared underground at Cow Dubs (resurfacing at Leck Beck Head). This dry waterfall at the end of the kirk comes alive again in very wet weather as water pours over this rock face again and the limestone basin fills rapidly with surging water.
EASE GILL 11B - Dry waterfall, Ease Gill Kirk
The dry waterfall in Ease Gill Kirk between Casterton Fell and Leck Fell in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. This limestone gorge was the course of Leck Beck until it disappeared underground at Cow Dubs (resurfacing at Leck Beck Head.
EASE GILL 13A - Cave, Ease Gill Kirk
Cave entrance, Ease Gill Kirk in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
EASE GILL 13B - Caves, Ease Gill Kirk
Caves in the eerie limestone gorge of Ease Gill Kirk on the border of Cumbria and Lancashire in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
EASE GILL 15A - Ease Gill Kirk
A stone sentinel guards an entrance into Ease Gill Kirk in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on the Cumbria / Lancashire border.
EASE GILL 15B - Ease Gill Kirk
A trickle of water flows into the limestone gorge, Ease Gill Kirk in the Yorkshire Dales National Park on the Cumbria / Lancashire border.
EASE GILL 15C - Ease Gill Kirk
Rock pool in the limestone gorge of Ease Gill Kirk in the Yorkshire Dales National Park on the Cumbria / Lancashire border.
EASE GILL 20A - Dry waterfall, Upper Ease Gill Kirk
The dry waterfall in the limestone gorge of Upper Ease Gill Kirk, Ease Gill in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The waters of Ease Gill disappeared underground at Cow Dubs and will reappear again at Leck Beck Head near the lower Ease Gill Kirk.
The waters of Ease Gill disappeared underground at Cow Dubs and will reappear again at Leck Beck Head near the lower Ease Gill Kirk.
EASE GILL 25A - Upper Ease Gill Kirk
Rock formations in the limestone gorge of Upper Ease Gill in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
