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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 309 |
| Date Entered | 04/11/2011 |
| Updated on | 04/11/2011 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Record Date | 16/11/2011 |
| Location | Wensleydale.Coverdale. Waterfall below Great Hunter\'s Stone Bank. |
| Civil Parish | Carlton Highdale |
| Brit. National Grid | SD 9995 7771 |
| Altitude | 370m |
| Geology | Waterfall ravine cut through the Main Limestone. The softer shale strata below main limestone are undercut at the falls, see photos. |
| Record Name | Wensleydale. Carlton Highdale CP. Relict woodland at waterfall. |
| Record Description | Limestone ashwood on limestone cliffs and scree at small ravine above the falls,below a fine unnamed waterfall with on the very long north facing limestone cliff below the falls.
Several fine cliff trees of different species present here including Wych Elm, Ash Bird Cherry, Downy Birch,Hazel, Sallows and other Willow sp, Hawthorn.
Unlike Swaledale where yew would be present at this altitude, yew is absent from this location.
Juniper is entirely absent from the Limestone Scars of Wensleydale today and native yews ar extremely rare in the Ure Catchment.(SD99957771 Centre) |
| Dimensions | See photographs |
| Geographical area | Wensleydale |
| Additional Notes | This record is one of several localities recorded in the Ure Catchment intended to provide comparison with similar localities at similar elevation in Swaledale. For example in comparison with the similar cliff in Upper Swaledale at East Stonesdale in Muker Parish where Yew and Juniper are both present. |
| Image 1 ID | 1157 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | The falls from below with ash and bird cherry present on the cliffs. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 1158 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | The falls |  |
| Image 3 ID | 1159 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Sallows above the falls. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 1160 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | Ash at top of cliff. |  |
