Yorkshire Dales Photography: Photos of Malham, Gordale Scar and Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire.
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MALHAM 05A - New Bridge, Malham
New Bridge, Malham, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
Walkers on the 18th century packhorse bridge over Malham Beck. The bridge has been widened on the upstream side.
Walkers on the 18th century packhorse bridge over Malham Beck. The bridge has been widened on the upstream side.
MALHAM 10C - Malham Cove
Malham Cove, Malham in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, UK.
The 73m high cliffs were formed by earth movements from the Mid Craven Fault and ice melt-water flowing down the hillside from Malham Tarn. This torrent of water carved out the now dry Watlowes Valley before tumbling over the cliffs of the Cove to create a waterfall almost as spectacular as Niagara! In the process, soil from the top of the Cove was scoured away to leave exposed bare limestone. Acidic rain then seeped into cracks in the rock and dissolved it, thus creating the clints and grykes of the limestone pavement.
The 73m high cliffs were formed by earth movements from the Mid Craven Fault and ice melt-water flowing down the hillside from Malham Tarn. This torrent of water carved out the now dry Watlowes Valley before tumbling over the cliffs of the Cove to create a waterfall almost as spectacular as Niagara! In the process, soil from the top of the Cove was scoured away to leave exposed bare limestone. Acidic rain then seeped into cracks in the rock and dissolved it, thus creating the clints and grykes of the limestone pavement.
MALHAM 15A - Limestone pavement, Malham Cove
Walkers enjoying the sunshine on the limestone pavement above Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales,.
MALHAM 17A - Limestone pavement above Gordale Scar
A lone tree on the limestone pavement above Gordale Scar near Malham in the Yorkshire Dales.
MALHAM 24A - Wedber Wood, Malham
The footpath to Janet's Foss following Goredale Beck as it flows through Wedber Wood, Malham, North Yorkshire.
MALHAM 25A - Janet's Foss
Janet's Foss, Malham, North Yorkshire.
Janet's Foss: 'Jennet's Waterfall' (Old Norse).
Gordale Beck flows over a limestone outcrop into a lovely pool which was once used for cleaning sheep before shearing. The lip behind the fall is composed of tufa (a porous, sponge-like rock created when calcite from the water builds up around moss and leaves). Since Viking times it has been believed that Jennet (Janet), queen of the local fairies lived in a cave behind the waterfall. The actual Janet’s Cave though is not behind the fall but under a curved fold of rock on the far bank. This cave was once inhabited by smelters working at the Pikedaw copper mines on the far side of the village. .Janet’s Foss was the fictional waterfall, Molkham Falls in the 2006 film, Waterfall.
Janet's Foss: 'Jennet's Waterfall' (Old Norse).
Gordale Beck flows over a limestone outcrop into a lovely pool which was once used for cleaning sheep before shearing. The lip behind the fall is composed of tufa (a porous, sponge-like rock created when calcite from the water builds up around moss and leaves). Since Viking times it has been believed that Jennet (Janet), queen of the local fairies lived in a cave behind the waterfall. The actual Janet’s Cave though is not behind the fall but under a curved fold of rock on the far bank. This cave was once inhabited by smelters working at the Pikedaw copper mines on the far side of the village. .Janet’s Foss was the fictional waterfall, Molkham Falls in the 2006 film, Waterfall.
MALHAM 25B - Janet's Foss
Janet's Foss, Malham, North Yorkshire.
Janet's Foss: 'Jennet's Waterfall' (Old Norse).
Janet's Foss: 'Jennet's Waterfall' (Old Norse).
MALHAM 30A - Footpath to Gordale Scar
Walkers on the the footpath to Gordale Scar, Malham in the Yorkshire Dales.
MALHAM 31A - New Close Knotts from the Gordale Scar footpath
Walker and dog on the footpath to Gordale Scar, Malham in the Yorkshire Dales.
A view of New Close Knotts from the path to Gordale Scar in the Yorkshire Dales.
A view of New Close Knotts from the path to Gordale Scar in the Yorkshire Dales.
MALHAM 32A - Gordale Scar from New Close Knotts
Looking down into Gordale Scar from New Close Knotts, Malham in the Yorkshire Dales.
MALHAM 34A - Gordale Scar
Gordale Scar, Malham in the Yorkshire Dales.
The towering limestone cliffs are a result of violent earth movements along the Craven Fault. The gorge was formed by a torrent of water from the melting ice at the end of the last Ice Age.
William Wordsworth visited Gordale in 1807 and wrote in a sonnet,
" let thy feet repair
To Gordale-chasm,
terrific as the lair .
Where the young lions couch;
The towering limestone cliffs are a result of violent earth movements along the Craven Fault. The gorge was formed by a torrent of water from the melting ice at the end of the last Ice Age.
William Wordsworth visited Gordale in 1807 and wrote in a sonnet,
" let thy feet repair
To Gordale-chasm,
terrific as the lair .
Where the young lions couch;
MALHAM 36A - Gordale Scar
Gordale Scar, Malham in the Yorkshire Dales.
Walkers queue to climb out of Gordale Scar.
Walkers queue to climb out of Gordale Scar.
MALHAM 38A - Upper Falls, Gordale Scar
Upper Falls, Gordale Scar, Malham in the Yorkshire Dales.
The waterfall tumbles through a window in the limestone walls of the scar.
The waterfall tumbles through a window in the limestone walls of the scar.
MALHAM 43A - Malham Tarn
Malham Tarn, Malham in the Yorkshire Dales.
A lake in limestone country is unusual, but Malham Tarn has a base of impervious Silurian slates. In the 19th century, Lord Ribblesdale raised the water level with a dam and sluice gate at the southern end. At 377 metres it is the highest lake in England.
Malham Tarn House (on the opposite bank) was often visited by Rev. Charles Kingsley and the tarn was his inspiration for the 1863 novel, ‘The Water Babies’.
A lake in limestone country is unusual, but Malham Tarn has a base of impervious Silurian slates. In the 19th century, Lord Ribblesdale raised the water level with a dam and sluice gate at the southern end. At 377 metres it is the highest lake in England.
Malham Tarn House (on the opposite bank) was often visited by Rev. Charles Kingsley and the tarn was his inspiration for the 1863 novel, ‘The Water Babies’.
MALHAM 45B - Water Sinks, Malham Tarn
Evening sun over Water Sinks, Malham in the Yorkshire Dales.
The outflow stream from Malham Tarn disappears underground at Water Sinks to reappear at Airehead Springs 4km to the south.
The outflow stream from Malham Tarn disappears underground at Water Sinks to reappear at Airehead Springs 4km to the south.
MALHAM 46A - Watlowes Dry Valley
Watlowes Dry Valley, Mallham in the Yorkshire Dales.
This deep limestone canyon lies between Water Sinks and Malham Cove. Once the waters from Malham Tarn flowed above ground, carving out this impressive valley and creating a huge waterfall over the lip of the Cove. Now the water goes underground at Water Sinks to rise at the foot of Malham Cove and Watlowes is left as a the Dry Valley.
This deep limestone canyon lies between Water Sinks and Malham Cove. Once the waters from Malham Tarn flowed above ground, carving out this impressive valley and creating a huge waterfall over the lip of the Cove. Now the water goes underground at Water Sinks to rise at the foot of Malham Cove and Watlowes is left as a the Dry Valley.
MALHAM 55A - Medieval Field Systems
Medieval Field Systems at Malham in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire. The system of terraces on the hillside, the 'strip lynchets' were formed by ploughing to provide deeper soil for growing crops.
