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***SWAAG_ID***	838
Date Entered	02/11/2014
Updated on	29/11/2016
Recorded by	Tim Laurie
Category	Geological Record
Record Type	Geomorphology
Site Access	Public Footpath
Location	The Norber Boulder Field above Austwick, Ingleborough.
Civil Parish	Not known
Brit. National Grid	SD 765 700
Altitude	300m
Geology	Extensive erratic boulder field with many very large blocks of Silurian grit resting on limestone of Carboniferous Age. Many of these large blocks rest on limestone pedestals, see photos. The rate of erosion and the age of these pedestals has been the subject of much discussion and recent research by Helen Goldie. (Goldie, H.S.2005. 'Erratic judgements: re-evaluating erosion rates of limestone using erratic pedestal sites, including Norber, Yorkshire.' Area 37(4), pp433-42.)
Record Name	A walk from Austwick to the Norber Boulders.
Record Description	This is a brief photographic record of the vegetation, landscape and archaeological features of interest seen during a recent walk with John and Ann Russell (in advance of a similar walk by SWAAG Members) from the village of Austwick to Nappa Scars and the Norber Boulders.
Dimensions	See photos
Additional Notes	Whereas the main purpose of this walk was to visit the well known erratic boulders, one of the highlights of this walk was the recognition of the unenclosed linear platform settlement complex of house platforms, large and small round barrows (the large barrow being overlain by the modern dry stone wall) with nearby leaning standing stone within the pastures below Nappa Scars.
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Image 1 Description	The approach from Austwick through pastures below Nappa Scars.
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Image 2 Description	Pastures below Nappa Scar and site of prehistoric platform settlement.
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Image 3 Description	Ann confirms the leaning standing stone at the angle in the drystone wall
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Image 4 Description	Standing Stone
Image 5 ID	5860 Click image to enlarge
Image 5 Description	Large House Platform with two flanking smaller platforms.
Image 6 ID	5861 Click image to enlarge
Image 6 Description	Large House Platform, detail.
Image 7 ID	5865 Click image to enlarge
Image 7 Description
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Image 8 Description	Further house platforms on the same contour.
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Image 9 Description
Image 10 ID	5866 Click image to enlarge
Image 10 Description	Nappa Scar with ash tree on the top edge of the cliff.
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Image 11 Description	The lowest of the boulders
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Image 12 Description
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Image 14 Description	View from Norber with medieval field systems.
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Image 15 Description	Frost shattered erratic block.
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Image 16 Description	Old wind blown hawthorns the last relict of woodland here.
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Image 17 Description	The lower boulder field with Ann and John.
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Image 18 Description	View of the boulders with sheep
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Image 19 Description	View without sheep.
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Image 20 Description	Smaller boulders supporting a large block. These are the only upright blocks.
Image 21 ID	5877 Click image to enlarge
Image 21 Description	View towards the source of the boulders.
Image 22 ID	5878 Click image to enlarge
Image 22 Description	The upper boulder field.
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Image 23 Description	Boulder on pedestal, much photographed.
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Image 24 Description
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Image 25 Description
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Image 26 Description
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Image 27 Description