Photographs of the Howgill Fells near Sedbergh in the Lune Valley Dales of Cumbria.
A view beyond the slopes of Yarlside towards Ravenstonedale Common and Wild Boar Fell, Cumbria.
Walkers on the climb up to Cautley Spout waterfall near Sedbergh, Cumbria.
The information panel for Cautley Spout and the Iron Age settlement at Cautley, near Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
Walkers on the footpath beside Cautley Spout, Sedbergh, Cumbria.
The waterfall, Cautley Spout tumbles 200 metres in a series of four major falls as the waters of Red Gill Beck and Swere Gill Beck plunge over the edge of Cautley Crags into Cautley Holme Beck. It is said to be England's highest waterfall above ground but some dispute this, arguing that it is a cascade fall. The longest single drop is 76m.
Cautley Spout and Cautley Crags, Sedbergh, Cumbria, England, UK.
The waterfall, Cautley Spout tumbles 200 metres in a series of four major falls as the waters of Red Gill Beck and Swere Gill Beck plunge over the edge of Cautley Crags into Cautley Holme Beck. It is said to be England's highest waterfall above ground but some dispute this, arguing that it is a cascade fall. The longest single drop is 76m.
Cautley Crags, Cautley, Sedbergh, Cumbria.
The Howgills owe their rounded shapes to a composition made up largely of a hard sandstone, Coniston Grit which is resistant to weathering. In contrast, Cautley Crags is made up of the dark shales of the Upper Ordivician age. The bowl-shaped hollow beneath the crags is called a corrie and was gouged out by glacial ice.
The River Rawthey and Cautley Crags from the footpath to Cautley Spout, Cautley, Sedbergh, Cumbria.
The River Rawthey flows from the summit of Baugh Fell to join the River Lune at Sedbergh.
The Screes on Yarlside at Cautley near Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
Iron Age Settlement, Cautley, Sedbergh, Cumbria.
Two thousand years ago, a simple farming community grew crops and grazed livestock on the valley floor beneath Cautley Spout. Their homes and small yards would have been enclosed within a perimeter wall. There is a good 3m wide stone-edged track that these ancient farmers built leading from the settlement to the falls. The ruins of a sheepfold built by medieval farmers can also be seen over parts of the settlement.
Iron Age Settlement, Cautley, Sedbergh, Cumbria.
Two thousand years ago, a simple farming community grew crops and grazed livestock on the valley floor beneath Cautley Spout. Their homes and small yards would have been enclosed within a perimeter wall. There is a good 3m wide stone-edged track that these ancient farmers built leading from the settlement to the falls. The ruins of a sheepfold built by medieval farmers can also be seen over parts of the settlement.
Cautley Barrow, Cautley, Sedbergh, Cumbria.
A Bronze Age (circa 2499-500 BC) burial cairn of loose stone. By the end of the Bronze Age, bodies would have been cremated and later, during the Iron Age they were often just dumped in rivers or lakes.
The trig point at 676.656 metres on The Calf, the highest point of the Howgill Fells in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
View towards Arant Haw from the trig point on the summit of Winder Fell in the Howgills, Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
The trig point and toposcope on the 473m summit of Winder with a backdrop of Arant Haw in the Howgill Fells near Sedbergh, Cumbria.
Toposcope on the summit of Winder Fell in the Howgills, Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
Dark clouds over Settlebeck Gill and the eastern slopes of Winder in the Howgill Fells of Cumbria.
Winder Fell, Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Cumbria.
A view over Firbank and Lambrigg Windfarm to the Lakeland Fells from Winder.