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Dist:0.4km<br/>Tree roots clinging precariously to a limestone outcrop near Woodhall.
©James Allan
Dist:0.4km<br/>Some walkers sheltering from a chilly February breeze in a dangerous hollow. This circular mound and central depression is what is left of a lead-mining bell pit. The entrance to the vertical shaft is in the centre of the hollow and was covered by wooden planks and turf when the pit was abandoned. But that was many years ago and as the ancient timbers rot away there is real danger that anyone putting their weight on them might end up fifty feet or so down a disused shaft.
©James Allan
Dist:0.4km<br/>A classic Yorkshire Dales field pattern seen on the path between Carperby and Askrigg, above Woodhall.
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Dist:0.6km<br/>Water falling alongside remains of pelton wheel originally fed from dam above
©Dennis Shevelan
Dist:0.6km<br/>This bridleway crossing of Thackthwaite Beck has often been difficult during periods of high water levels, and the only alternative to wet feet has been a detour upstream and a rather tricky crossing of an old dam. In 2008 the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority erected this bridge to make life easier for walkers, cyclists and horse riders. The bridge is also wide enough for quad bikes. This is an ancient route, but the bridge is almost certainly the first ever built at this point.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.6km<br/>A steep path descends by the side of the fall, which in times past appears to have provided some means of motive power by the Gilks turbine, seen to the right of the fall.
©Arnold Price
Dist:0.6km<br/>The footpath parallels the course of the old railway as it heads down the dale.
©Karl and Ali
Dist:0.6km<br/>Small waterfall dropping over a limestone band on the north side of Wensleydale. The rusting machinery was once part of a local hydro electric scheme.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking upstream along Eller Beck some 250m below Disher Force.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.6km<br/>This pond probably dates from the early 20th century, as it was needed to provide a head of water to supply the Gilks turbine at Disher Force, a few metres downstream. The turbine provided electricity for local villages and was one of several in the area which provided power before the national grid arrived.
©James Allan
Dist:0.6km<br/>An old mine level at the foot of Haw Bank, most likely cut around 1860 by the Wetgroves Mining Company.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.7km<br/>A stone wall leading north from a small plantation (out of picture) and crossing a Scar on Carperby Moor.
©James Allan

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