Table of Contents

List of Figures and TablesList of PlatesPrefaceForeword by Tony RobinsonAcknowledgements 1 Setting the ScenePart 1 The Physical Landscape 2 Geology: the Western DalesThe Geological Time ScaleGeological Processes of the Palaeozoic EraRock Forming Processes and TectonicsA Geological Unconformity 3 Geology: IngleboroughOverview Ordovician Outcrops in ClapdaleThe Geology of Crummack DaleSilurian Geology at Helwith BridgeGreat Scar LimestoneThe Wensleydale or Yoredale GroupMillstone GritThe Craven Fault SystemDrift GeologyLacustrine DepositsLoessAlluviumPeat4 Landform ProcessesIce and Ice FlowProcesses of Glacial ErosionProcesses of Glacial DepositionDrumlinsThe Norber Erratic FieldProcesses of Fluvioglacial Water FlowTrow Gill Meltwater Channel SystemPeriglacial Slope ProcessesWeathering and Karst LandformsDolinesCaves, Potholes and ResurgencesTufa and TravertinePart 2 The Cultural and Historic Landscape 5 Archaeology: Ingleborough NorthIntroductionOverviewPatterns of OccupationDating SitesHunter-gatherers of the MesolithicNeolithic and Bronze Age FarmersIngleborough HillfortIron Age and Romano-British SettlementEarly Medieval PastoralistsMonastic Influences 6 Archaeology: Ingleborough SouthCave ArchaeologyCup MarksEarly Prehistoric Settlement SitesLater Prehistoric Settlement SitesA Probable Medieval Site in Clapham BottomsA Probable Medieval Site in Crummack DaleA Post-medieval Miscellany 7 Routes through the LandscapeIntroductionPrehistoric Lines of TravelRoman Roads'Dark Age' Invasion RoutesPackhorse RoutesDrove RoadsCoach Roads and TurnpikesEnclosure Roads 8 Developing Landscape: RibbleheadCommons and Stinted PasturesEnclosureBarns, Byres and BoskinsNether Lodge and Ling GillThe Hamlet of ThornsLodge HallBruntscar and a Fishy TaleShanty Town 9 Developing Landscape: Ingleborough SouthTurbary Rights and FightsThieves MossThe Legend of Alice KetyllRobin ProctorBullet MireThe Farrers and ClapdaleQuarries and DelfsEarly Lime Burning on HaggWharfe Mill 10 Modern Land UseThe Present Settlement PatternThe Upland Farming SystemA Sporting EstateForestrySlate QuarryingQuarrying at RibbleheadRibblesdale LimeworksJohn Delaney and Horton LimeworksTourism 11 EpilogueGlossary of Place-names mentioned in the TextGuide to Further ReadingNotes and ReferencesIndex