Dave Hilditch's photos with the keyword: Stone

I'd love to ask them when they were built, how long it took to build them and why the fields they enclose are the shape they are. Field patterns near Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales.

An image typical of the Yorkshire Dales with its limestone escarpments contrasting with the green landscape. On the left is Warrendale Knots and ahead is Attermire Scar in which there are several caves including Attermire Cave. Our walk took us down the dale from left to right and through the gap in the far stone wall where we turned left beneath Brent Scar and Victoria Cave. Texture is Winter Texture by Kirstin Frank.

A dry stone wall meanders it's way over the landscape to meet up with it's companions in the valley below. This is an area known as Norber which is famous for the large rocks balancing on much smaller rocks (one of which can be seen in the centre of this shot). There are two explanations for this phenomena. The first is that many years ago a giant lived here and his hobby was stone balancing. The other is that the larger rocks were transported here by glaciers and were deposited on the smaller rocks when the glaciers melted. You can believe whichever you want but i know which one I prefer. Texture is "Winter Texture" by Kistin Frank.

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