Wild Boar Fell

The viaduct is on the Settle to Carlisle line. The view is from the B6259 at Aisgill Farm across the property at Beckside Barn. Aisgill is known for being the location of a crash in 1913 which killed 16 people, it happened just to the south of the viaduct - left in the image.

The locomotive is 46100 Royal Scot

Flowing under the Settle - Carlisle railway at Aisgill Farm. The gill gives its name to the railway summit nearby.

Seen from the railway bridge over the valley

With a fine view of Wild Boar Fell.

The boggy col with Swarth Fell.

Scriddles is the mapped name for the screes on the north ridge of Wild Boar Fell. View north from the Nab towards the North Pennines.

Looking over Mallerstang from Wild Boar Fell. The limestone plinth of the hill shows well from here.

Broken crags on the east side of Wild Boar Fell. Ingleborough and Whernside are in the background along with some curricks on Wild Boar Fell. A currick is a stone man, common in the North Pennines. Could be considered a “local” word, it’s not used in Scotland, but perhaps its that there are only some localities with lots of hills and flat stones so that they can be built. The usual story is that they are Scotsman deterrents, looking like alert men watching over the cattle. However I have not seen them so much in Southern Scotland which of course also suffered cattle raids, but the geology is not so favourable. They are almost always in visible places, on edges. Personally I think they were built for fun. The best Scottish examples were on Geal Charn above the Pass of Drumochter but some idiot demolished them in the 1990s.