Photographs of the stunning limestone scars and high ground around Orton and Great Asby in the Westmorland Dales of Cumbria.
The trig point at 412m on Knott, Great Asby Scar in the Eden Valley and the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Limestone pavement on Great Asby Scar in the Eden Valley of Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Castle Folds Romano British Settlement on Great Asby Scar
is one of the best preserved Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlements and medieval shielings in the UK.
Castle Folds Romano British Settlement on Great Asby Scar
is one of the best preserved Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlements and medieval shielings in the UK.
Castle Folds Romano British Settlement on Great Asby Scar
is one of the best preserved Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlements and medieval shielings in the UK.
Trees battling for survival on the exposed limestone pavement of Great Asby Scar in East Cumbria.
A view of Orton Scar from Great Asby Scar in the Westmorland Dales, Eden, Cumbria.
A view over the fertlile Upper Lune Valley from Great Asby Scar towards Orton in Cumbria.
A distant view of Sunbiggin Tarn and the Ravenstonedale Fells from the road junction at Middle Busk on Little Asby Common, Little Asby in Cumbria.
Bield on Little Asby Common, Eden in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
The Ravenstonedale Fells make up the backdrop
Bield on Little Asby Common in the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Eden district of Cumbria.
Swaledale sheep on Little Asby Common in the Westmorland Dales of Cumbria.
Limestone pavement and the Little Asby Hawthorn on Little Asby Common in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Eden, Cumbria.
Little Asby Scar, Sunbiggin Tarn and the Howgill Fells make up the backdrop.
The Little Asby Hawthorn on the edge of Little Asby Scar in East Cumbria.
One of seven trees chosen for the Long View Project, a celebration of trees in the landscape.
The Little Asby Hawthorn on the edge of Little Asby Scar in East Cumbria.
One of seven trees chosen for the Long View Project, a celebration of trees in the landscape.
The remains of the Dowley Tree on Little Asby Common in Cumbria.
'Dowley' is an old Westmorland word for lonely or sad.
Treefold East On Little Asby Common is part of the 'Long View Project', a celebration of trees in the landscape.
The desecrated limestone pavement beside Beacon Hill Monument at the summit of Beacon Hill on Orton Scar, Orton in the Westmorland Dales, Eden, Cumbria.
Beacon Monument on Beacon Hill, Orton in the Westmorland Dales, Eden, Cumbria.
This remote monument was built by John Bland at the site of the beacon fire which celebrated the jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.
Bland was born in Reagill as the son of a local farmer and was a self-taught sculptor. He also built the monument at Black Dub a few miles to the west.
Northerly view from the limestone pavement on Orton Scar, in the Westmorland Dales, Eden, Cumbria.
Northerly view from the limestone pavement on Orton Scar, in the Westmorland Dales, Eden, Cumbria.
A view of Great Asby Scar from the descent of Beacon Fell, Orton in the Eden Valley of Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Orton Scar Thunder Stone, Orton in the Westmorland Dales, Eden, Cumbria.
A glacial erratic boulder incorporated into a wall on Orton Scar.
Starling murmuration at Tarn Sike near Sunbiggin Tarn, Little Asby in Cumbria.
During autumn and winter, starlings gather at dusk and group together in their thousands to perform aerial acrobatics in the sky before dropping down to roost.
Sunbiggin Tarn and Little Asby Scar near Orton in the Eden district of Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The marl lake, Sunbiggin Tarn and surrounding moorland is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It supports the very rare sandbowl snail and many species of birds.
Evening sun on Sunbiggin Tarn near Raisebeck in Cumbria.
The marl lake, Sunbiggin Tarn and surrounding moorland is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Evening sun on Sunbiggin Tarn near Raisbeck in the Eden district of Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The marl lake, Sunbiggin Tarn and surrounding moorland is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It supports the very rare sandbowl snail and many species of birds.
Cattle grazing beside Sunbiggin Tarn on Ravenstonedale Moor near Raisebeck in the Eden District of Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The Howgill Fells rise in the distance
Evening sun on Sunbiggin Tarn near Raisbeck in the Eden district of Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Sunbiggin Tarn and the surrounding moorland is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It supports the very rare sandbowl snail and many species of birds.