Between the Yorkshire Dales villages of Rylstone and Cracoe and nearby Burnsall in Lower Wharfedale are a series of relatively low limestone hills which are known as the "Cracoe Reef Knolls" - geological remnants of an ancient coral reef which formed in a shallow prehistoric sea many millions of years ago.
Located at the southern edge of the Craven Fault, these strangely shaped conical hills are of great interest to geologists and fossil hunters alike. They include Elbolton (near the village of Thorpe and not far from Linton in the so-called "Barden Triangle") - which is said to have strange supernatural powers and is known as the "Hill of the Fairies".
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