Photographs of the scenic Occupation Road, Great Knoutberry Fell and Great Coum in the Western Dales of Cumbria.
A view of the Howgills from Old Occupation Road at the top of Flintergill, Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Looking towards Middleton Fell from Occupation Road, Dent in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Occupation Road (The Occy) was originally an old droving route linking Barbondale and Kingsdale. It was rebuilt in 1859 at the time of the Parliamentary Enclosures when previously common fellside land had to be divided up into large allotments for grazing - the ‘occupied’ land.
Looking towards Middleton Fell from Occupation Road, Dent in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Occupation Road (The Occy) was originally an old droving route linking Barbondale and Kingsdale. It was rebuilt in 1859 at the time of the Parliamentary Enclosures when previously common fellside land had to be divided up into large allotments for grazing - the ‘occupied’ land.
Nun House Outrake, an ancient bridleway in Dentdale, the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Dentdale and Deepdale from Occupation Road (The Occy) in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
A view into Dentdale from the Megger Stones on the slopes of Great Coum.
The Megger stones are a collection of gritstone cairns, some of which are very old. I counted fifteen on my visit in 2021. Their history is uncertain, but perhaps originally built by quarry workers.
A view into Dentdale from the Megger Stones on the slopes of Great Coum.
The Megger stones are a collection of gritstone cairns, some of which are very old. I counted fifteen on my visit in 2021. Their history is uncertain, but perhaps originally built by quarry workers.
A view towards Miidleton Fell from the Megger Stones on the slopes of Great Coum, Dentdale.
The Megger stones are a collection of gritstone cairns, some of which are very old. I counted fifteen on my visit in 2021. Their history is uncertain, but perhaps originally built by quarry workers.
A view through Dentdale to Great Knoutberry Hill from two of the Megger Stones on the slopes of Great Coum.
The Megger stones are a collection of gritstone cairns, some of which are very old. Their history is uncertain, but perhaps originally built by quarry workers.
A view into Dentdale from the Galloway Gate bridleway, known as the Driving Road on the lower slopes of Great Knoutberry Hill in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
The Driving Road is an extension of the medieval trading route, the Galloway Gate.
A view into Dentdale from a gate on the Driving Road around the lower slopes of Great Knoutberry Hill near Cowgill in the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria.
Gaugh Fell and Wild Boar Fell from the medieval drove road known as the Galloway Gate running round the lower slopes of Great Knoutberry Hill near Cowgill in Dentdale, Cumbria.
The row of cairns on Pike's Edge, Great Knoutberry Hill at the head of Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
Ingleborough and Whernside from the trig point on Great Knoutberry Hill at the head of Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
At 672.41m, this is the highest point of Widdale Fell.
Cairn on Pike's Edge, Great Knoutberry Hill at the head of Dentdale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
Low water at Widdale Little Tarn with a backdrop of Wild Boar Fell and Mallerstang. This tarn with a causeway leading to a grouse butt is close to Widdale Great Tarn on Widdale Fell and close to the summit of Great Knoutberry Fell in the Yorkshire Dales.
Widdale Great Tarn on Widdale Fell, close to the summit of Great Knoutberry Hill in the the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.