2023

SE8458 : Open access land, Pluckham Dale

taken 2 years ago, 3 km from Thixendale, North Yorkshire, England

Open access land, Pluckham Dale
Open access land, Pluckham Dale
Looking south-east from the upper end of Thixen Dale. The Yorkshire Wolds is the northernmost chalk landscape in Britain. The chalk is 400 metres thick. During the 'ice age' the Wolds were an 'island' surrounded by ice. There would have been heavy ice and snow cover in winter, and then rapid run-off in warmer months, creating the steep sided narrow valleys that we see today. [With thanks to Gordon Hatton for this information].

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Geographical Context: Lowlands Season: Winter Landscape: Chalk other tags: Dale Yorkshire Wolds Open Access Land Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Yorkshire Wolds [9] · Upper [5] · Open [3] · Upper end of Thixen Dale [3] · Upper Pluckham Dale [3] · Heavy Ice and Snow Cover in Winter [2] ·
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SE8458, 52 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Christine Johnstone   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 19 February, 2023   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 8478 5856 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:0.9658N 0:42.4574W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 8457 5862
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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