Seamore Tarn

The Pennine Way near Nichol Chair

The Pennine Way near Hannah's Well

The Pennine Way near Hannah's Well

Ordnance Survey Pivot

This OS pivot can be found on the north angle of the sheep fold. It marks a point 1444.6ft above mean sea level.

Adrian Dust

Pile of stones above Wool Beck

Wool Beck and moorland

Maize Beck

Rough ground north of High Cup Nick

Moorland ridge east of Seamore Tarn

Stake Beck

Stake Beck, one of many watercourses draining Dufton Fell.

David Robinson

Bridleway to Threlkeld Side

The bridleway was used by the mines in the Great Rundale valley. The scar in the hillside on the right is a hush - a man-made gorge formed by releasing the water from dammed streams, washing away the upper layers of earth to expose seams of ore.

David Robinson

Great Rundale

Great Rundale is a significant slice into the western flank of the north Pennines. Historically it's seen much mineral mining and the valley is scarred both in the stretch visible here and in its upper reaches with the extensive remains of it. The view is from a mine and estate road on the valley's south side; it's line can be seen entering the right edge of the image. The black dot a short way along the road is a fine old lime kiln: Link.

Great Rundale, eroding hill slope

Great Rundale has seen much mining activity in the past and some of the evidence is seen here, viewed from a track on the south side of the valley, above the main estate road through it. The steep eroded slope may or may not be mined and discarded material but a terrace below the upper rocks suggests that it is mine spoil dumped below from there. There are a number of remaining fragments of masonry which surely will soon be lost to the on-going erosion of the slope.

Peat banks, pools and Great Rundale Tarn

Great Rundale is a steep cleft of a valley into the western flank of the northern Pennines and a walk through it is very much 'Lake District' in character. Above 650m however the steepness ends and the nature of the landscape becomes moorland in appearance. The view here is to the west end of Great Rundale Tarn over peat banks and pools; Meldon Hill is the distant mountain.

Great Rundale Tarn

Great Rundale Tarn lies amid undulating moorland to the east of the head of Great Rundale. The eastern end of the lake is seen here with Mickle Fell and Little Fell the distant peaks; both lie within the MOD Warcop firing range.

Trig point above Backstone Edge

The trig point seen here (known to the OS as 'Dufton'), is not at the local high point but perhaps 250m to the south-west of it; the trig point location is given as 692m - 7m lower. The view is generally to the north where Cross Fell, the Dun Fells and Knock Fell are seen. Note: Listings of two thousand foot hills generally name the 'peak' here as Backstone Edge but that name actually refers to an horizon of the western slope of the mountain to the south of both the trig and the true summit; in all probability, this hill is effectively nameless. Further Note: The trig point has been robbed of its bronze flush bracket; the cavity can be seen.