button to main menu  Otley's Guide 1823 (8th edn 1849)

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  Long Churn Cave
LONG CHURN is a little further up the mountain to the right of Alum Pot. All the beautiful stalactites with which this cavern so much abounded, have been removed by cart loads to build artificial grottos.
  Diccan Pot?
DICKEN POT is a long passage running in a contrary direction to Long Churn, and it terminates in a lofty dome called 'St. Paul's.'
  Ingleborough
  beacon
  pot hole

INGLEBOROUGH.- This noble mountain is a prominent feature in the scenery of this portion of the country. From every part its table land is seen cleaving the skies; and an ascent upon its summit, on a clear day, is one of the most delightful excursions that can be undertaken. It stands upon a base of at least thirty miles in circumference, and its highest elevation is 2361 feet above the level of the sea. The views from the top are splendid. The whole extent of country from the north to the south, with the Irish Sea in the west, can be distinctly traced as in a map. In the north-west, the confused heaps of mountains in the Lake district, with their grotesque outlines, terminate the prospect, at a distance of 50 miles. Westwards, it is closed in by the blending of sea and sky. Southwards, after following the indented shores of the Irish Sea, the Welsh mountains lift their broken summits across the horizon. In the east and north-east, black and irregular hills, and deeply-indented valleys, soon terminate the prosect. The plain on the top is about a mile round; and near the western edge is a tower, on the spot formerly occupied by a fire-beacon. It was dignified by the name of a 'Hospice.' Though it has only been built about 30 years, it is now nearly in ruins. Several springs rise near the summit, which generally lose themselves in deep chasms in the sides, the most remarkable of which is Mier Gill. There are
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