152 baker's north YORKSHIRE. 



Crag (2176 feet). At first it is a broad undulated hollow 

 between high gritstone peaks, the summit pass being about 500 

 yards in altitude. Upon the branch which runs down the 

 hollow between Mirk Fell and Water Crag there is a small 

 colliery, as there is also upon the nearest fork of the Greta, 

 neither being above a couple of miles distant from the larger 

 excavation at Tanhill. In the two long glens which run down 

 into Arkengarthdale upon the eastern slope of Water Crag we 

 have the Main Limestone at 1360 feet above the sea-level. 

 These are called Great Punchard's Gill and Little Punchard's 

 Gill, and in the latter there is a waterfall and fine wooded ravine 

 in the limestone. South of these is the broad elevated plateau 

 of Pinseat (1914 feet), dotted over with disused lead workings 

 and heaps of gritstone debris, and upon its slope towards the 

 Arkle are some of the best lead works of the district. At the 

 bottom of the dale at 1000 feet below the peak is the Arken- 

 garthdale church and village, and in the angle between the 

 Swale and the Arkle the peak of Calvey stands boldly out to- 

 wards the streams, with the Main Limestone scars girdling its 

 summit, which is 1599 feet in altitude. For several miles along 

 the eastern side of the lower part of the dale we have a fine 

 range of Main Limestone precipices. They begin at Shaw 

 Beck, up which winds the road between Reeth and Barnard 

 Castle, come out in strong force along the edge of Booze 

 Moor (1712 feet), and, crossing a glen, continue beneath the 

 Hind Rake lead mine (1515 feet), and beneath the Copper- 

 thwaite lead mine (141 5 feet) as far as Fremington, forming as 

 viewed from Reeth a noble range of crags winding along the 

 crest of the opposite hill. The following are the more interest- 

 ing plants of these cliffs and the Punchard's Gill ravine ; 



Thalictrum calcareum 

 Hutchinsia petrcea 

 Thlaspi occitaniini 

 Draba incana 

 Viola lutea, var. 

 Rubus saxatilis 



Epilobiujn alsinifolium 

 Galium sylvestre 

 Hieramini inurorum 



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Taxus baccata 

 Juniperus communis 



