Plover Hill
Plover Hill is an area of moorland lying to the north of Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales and connected to it by an unbroken area of high ground. Whilst the whole area is now "open access land", the main right-of-way footpaths come directly from the north off Foxup Road and directly from the south from the summit of Pen-y-ghent. Plover Hill rises between two side valleys of Littondale: the valley of Hesleden Beck to the south and that of Foxup Beck to the north. It lies within the civil parish of Halton Gill.
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2.2 km
Pen-y-ghent
Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks at 2,277 feet (694 m); the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside. It lies 1.9 miles (3 km) east of Horton in Ribblesdale. It has a number of interesting geological features, such as Hunt Pot, and further down, Hull Pot. The waters that flow in have created an extensive cave system which rises at Brants Gill head.
In 2004 the body of Lamduan Armitage, dubbed by the media the "Lady of the Hills", was found near to the entrance of Sell Gill Hole.
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Ewecross
The historical area of Ewecross or Ewcross is a district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It included the parishes of Bentham, Clapham, Horton in Ribblesdale and Sedbergh and parts of Thornton in Lonsdale. Ewcross was split from the Staincliffe and Ewcross wapentake in the nineteenth century covering an area which was 25 miles (40 km) north to south (from Settle to Westmorland), and 11 miles (18 km) west to east.
In modern times the name has been used for one of the area deaneries under the Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds. In 2017 it amalgamated with Bowland to become the Deanery of Bowland and Ewecross.
Since 1974 the area of the wapentake has been divided between the counties of North Yorkshire and Cumbria.
3.7 km
Brants Gill Catchment
Brants Gill Catchment is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It is located 1km east of the village of Horton in Ribblesdale on the lower slopes of Pen-y-ghent. Belowground under this protected area is an excellent cave system that includes Hull Pot and Little Hull Pot and Hunt Pot near the Horton Scar Line. This protected area includes three separate land areas. The eastern-most section of this protected area on Fountains Fell includes the cave systems connected to Echo Pot, Antler Hole, Hammer Pot and Gingling Hole. The streams from these cave systems flow into the River Ribble.
Brants Gill Catchment SSSI is adjacent to Pen-y-Ghent SSSI, and so forms part of a wider area of nature protection.
3.9 km
Fountains Fell
Fountains Fell is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The main summit (SD864716) has a height of 668 metres (2,192 ft) and a relative height or topographic prominence of 243 metres (797 ft) and thus qualifies as a Marilyn. Its subsidiary, Fountains Fell South Top (SD868708) reaches 662 metres (2,172 ft) and qualifies as a Nuttall. A third summit, further south at SD868697, reaches 610 metres (2,001 ft) and is the most southerly 2,000 ft summit in the Pennines.
The eastern slopes of the fell form part of the National Trust's Malham Tarn and Moor estate.
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