The above photograph appears by kind courtesy of David Matthews of HillWalks, and may not be reproduced elsewhere without permission.
The above photograph appears by kind courtesy of
David Matthews of HillWalks,
and may not be reproduced elsewhere without permission.
Thornton Force is arguably the most spectacular of the waterfalls seen on the impressive Waterfalls Walk at Ingleton in the Yorkshire Dales.
This is a textbook case of geological unconformity, the river plunging over a cliff of horizontal strata Great Scar Limestone which overlays much older Ordovician Ingleton slates, and is a direct result of the Craven Fault which dominates the scenery of the western dales.
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