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near to Forest-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England

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	Cairn, Cronkley Fell by Marcus Byron The 1:25000 OS map identifies this as 'Pile of Stones'. Taken from the bridleway that crosses Cronkley Fell. This area is part of Moor House-Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve; the fenced area in the middle distance is to... (more)
	Moor House Upper Teesdale Nature Reserve, rabbit exclusion fence, grazed to the right (south) side by Andy Waddington Some areas on the top of Cronkley Fell are fenced off to exclude both human walkers and local herbivores. The wire is dug well into the ground to stop the rabbits burrowing in, and the result is short-cropped grass on the outside of the... (more)
	Rock outcrops and trig point at Thistle Green by Trevor Littlewood Thistle Green is an area of heathery moorland, with rocks and low knolls lying to the south of Cronkley Scar. The trig point appears to be immediately above the outcrops but it's actually some distance further back, there being a... (more)
	Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna), Cronkley Fell by Andrew Curtis The tops of some of the highest hills are formed from sugar limestone, a type of heated (metamorphic) limestone that looks like solid sugar when broken and which is found in just two places in the UK. These high fells are therefore... (more)
	Trig pillar on Cronkley Fell by David Brown The OS Trig pillar is called Thistle Green for some reason and not Cronkley Fell
	Gentians and rocks at Thistle Green by Trevor Littlewood Thistle Green is an upland area on the south side of Teesdale. There are several enclosures there, well fenced to exclude grazing animals in order that rare plant species can be preserved - fencing can be seen at the right side of the... (more)
	Unnamed tarn on Cronkley Fell [2] by Gordon Hatton The view here is towards the south where the great whaleback of Mickle Fell [788m] fills the horizon. Mickle Fell has since boundary changes in 1974 become part of County Durham, but it is still listed as the 'county top' for the... (more)
	Enclosure at Thistle Green by Trevor Littlewood Thistle Green is an area of heathery moorland, with rocks and low knolls lying to the south of Cronkley Scar; it's known for certain rare plant species, notably gentians. The locality has a number of enclosures, (this is one of them),... (more)
	Exposure of sugar limestone at Thistle Green by Trevor Littlewood The view is across an enclosure, one of a number in this area which are secured against grazing by animals by the use of fine-meshed fencing; the purpose being to protect rare plant species.
	Tarn and trig point by Paul Gregory Cronkley Scar
	Pool and trig point at Thistle Green by Trevor Littlewood The delightful area of Thistle Green lies to the south of the River Tees and is bounded on three sides by the crags of Cronkley Scar. The view here is over a tarn past the trig point then beyond to Three Pikes and Great Stony Hill which lie... (more)
	Cronkley Fell trig point by Gordon Hatton The trig point stands at 544m, although the undulating summit plateau of the fell does have another spot height of 548m nearby. However the trig point affords the better view, which in this shot includes the North Pennines 'big... (more)