| The Crummack Dale Skyline. | |
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The Silurian Gritstone of the Norber Boulder Fields. |
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Erratics 430 million years old resting on 100 million year old Carboniferous Limestone, left high and dry by the retreating Crummack Dale Glacier over 12,000 years ago, what we see is 12,000 years of erosion leaving the much harder Gritstone at the original ground level. |
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Notice how only Green Lichen grows on the Gritstone and White Lichen on the Limestone. |
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Looking to Pen-y-ghent from one of several cairns on Thwaite Scars. |
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Looking to Little Ingleborough from the ancient cairn on Long Scar. |
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Pen-y-ghent seen over Moughton Scar at the head of Crummack Dale. |
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Moughton Scar rising above Crummack Dale. |
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Moughton Scar seen from Sulber Gate. |
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The grey moonscape of Moughton Scar seen with Pen-y-ghent in the distance. |
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The green fields of Crummack Dale. |
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The eerie sight of Moughton Scar seen from Studrigg Scar. |
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Cloud capped Ingleborough seen over the lush green pastures of Crummack Dale. |
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The lip of a long extinct waterfall that once drained the high ground of Studrigg Scar. |
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One of the many Green Lanes found in the Yorkshire Dales. |
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Clapper Bridge found on the Green Lane between Austwick and Wharfe. |
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Hills walked earlier in the day, Moughton and Studrigg Scars seen from near Sowerthwaite Farm. |
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Looking back through the fields near Clapham. |