THE YORE DISTRICT. l6l 



ridge is Cotterdale, a dale with two long branches which 

 stretch up far amongst the moors in the direction of Shunnor 

 Fell. In one of the ravines there is a waterfall, with a curious 

 little cavern — called ' Cotterdale House ' on the Geological 

 Survey Map — in the limestone, about which Epilobium aiigusti- 

 folium, Lycopodium Selago, Pogonatum alpi?iuf?i, and Plagio- 

 thecium pulchellwji grow. There is also a fine sylvan waterfall 

 upon the Cotter not far from its junction with the Yore. And 

 upon the south we have Mossdale, also with waterfalls, where 

 grow Meconopsis cambrica, Saxifraga hypnotdes, Meian atha- 

 manticum, Encalypta ciliata, Webera criida and Bartramia 

 CEderi. 



By the bridge at Appersett village, about a mile from Hawes, 

 Ceterach officinariim used to grow, but within the last few years 

 it has disappeared. Here Widdale Beck from the south-west 

 joins the Yore upon almost equal terms, and from this point 

 downwards it is a considerable stream. Along the west side 

 of Widdale stretches a long high ridge of moorland, bare and 

 grassy and towering upwards with wall-like abruptness, of 

 which the peak attains 2203 feet. The Main Limestone scars 

 which girdle it and the limestone pavement of the hill-top have 

 been mentioned already and will often be referred to, along 

 with the similar pavement of Cam Fell, in speaking of the 

 ascending limits of plants. A rounded mass of hill called Woe 

 Fell (1829 feet) stands at the point of junction of Widdale, 

 Dentdale and Ribblesdale. Widdale has two branches, Widdale 

 proper and Snaizeholme, both bare and grassy and both with 

 steep grassy banks, the monotony of which scars of limestone 

 sometimes pleasantly relieve. The high and wall-like western 

 ridge is fully three miles in length and forms the background 

 of most of the views from the lower part of Wensleydale. In 

 the one wood of any size— Widdale Car plantation — Triejitalis 

 europcea grows profusely. The following are the other rarer 

 plants of Widdale : 



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