Maw Stones Hill

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Maw Stones Hill

The Pennine Way near Old Bess Hill Credit: Dave Kelly

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Maw Stones Hill Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 53.857076/-2.0352195 or Grid Reference SD9740. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

The Pennine Way near Old Bess Hill

Dave Kelly

The Pennine Way near Further Dean Hole

Dave Kelly

The Pennine Way near High End Lowe

Dave Kelly

The Pennine Way near Brown Hill

Dave Kelly

The Pennine Way near Cat Stone Hill

Dave Kelly

Shooting lodge above Smallden Clough

See also SD9940 : Shooting Lodge on edge of Keighley Moor.

Stephen Craven

Shooting butt no. 3

Presumably associated with the nearby lodge SD9940 : Shooting lodge above Smallden Clough; this was the nearest of the butts to the stone track.

Stephen Craven

Cleared area at the head of a track

Where a patch of heather has been cleared, it's usually just to encourage new growth that the birds can feed on. But this one is at the end of a vehicle track (beyond to the north-west is only a foot track to the grouse butts) so I presume it's been cleared as a parking area for SUVs.

Stephen Craven

Crystalline snow on Keighley Moor

A macro photograph of snow covering a moorland track. The scale of the photo is probably about 5-10 centimetres across. I have rarely seen this form of snow, the formation of which must be related to the temperature when it fell and afterwards. See NO1585 : Large snow crystals on Sron nan Gabhar for another contributor's similar photo, while the description at SY6989 : Frozen Leaf explains the growth of ice crystals.

Stephen Craven

Grouse butt no.2 on Keighley Moor

The GPS co-ordinates put this as near as makes no difference on the county boundary between West and North Yorkshire (right & left respectively).

Stephen Craven

View towards the Hitching Stone (1)

The natural boulder, the largest of many glacial erratics in this area, was used to denote a turning point in the boundary between parishes, and subsequently between West and North Yorkshire. This was the closest I got to it on this occasion: I had already stuck my foot in the bog twice, and couldn't be bothered with another excursion across the trackless moor to see the stone close up. Other contributors have made it: Link

Stephen Craven

View towards the Hitching Stone (2)

The natural boulder, the largest of many glacial erratics in this area, was used to denote a turning point in the boundary between parishes, and subsequently between West and North Yorkshire. From this viewpoint it seems to be sitting on top of a ridge (though actually just a change of gradient of the hill). For closer views, see Link

Stephen Craven

The Lunching Stone

One of many glacial erratics in this area, and far from the largest. Unlike its bigger neighbours the Hitching Stone, Maw Stone, Kid Stone, Winter Hill Stone, etc., it has no name on the map, so I've given it one: the rock is the right height for a couple of adults to sit on, and the rock platform at its base keeps one's rucksack out of the bog. The symmetrical grid reference (SD98414198) is also pleasing. The view is eastwards across Airedale, but Pendle was clearly visible to the west, and Sharp Haw to the north.

Stephen Craven

Shooting Hut, Ickornshaw Moor

This shooting hut is just in SD9640 - the sheep are probably in SD9641! The hut is known as the New Stone Hut - see Link

for a picture of the grand opening in 1902. The lean-to appears to be a more modern addition.

Dave Dunford

View from Eller Hill

Looking north from the Pennine Way

Dave Dunford

The Hitching Stone, Keighley Moor

Supposedly the largest single boulder in Yorkshire and thought to have mythological significance. The site of annual horse races and Lammas Fair up until 1870

Richard Swales