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The main feature of this grid square is Oxnop Gill, a deep gorge running south from Swaledale. The Moor Road from Askrigg to Muker dips steeply down on the west side and a rough, gated road runs along the top of the cliffs of Oxnop Scar... (more)

The southern end of an impressive limestone scar which overlooks the head of Oxnop Gill.

View along minor road towards Muker as it descends across Oxnop Common at the point where it is joined by track from Satron Moor.

Shale of the Carboniferous period is one of the major rock types of the Yorkshire Dales, but compared to limestone and sandstone it is little seen at the surface and is generally ignored. The rock is soft and easily eroded and thus tends to... (more)

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark on rock on east side of road below Oxnop Scar. More information about the mark can be found on the Bench Mark Database at Link.

There is an OS benchmark SD9394 : Benchmark on rock at Oxnop Beck Head on the rock at the middle foreground

Unusual grouse butts constructed of creosoted wood, and dug into the peat so the shotgun barrel is at ground level

The moor road between Askrigg and Muker about to descend into Swaledale

A striking rock feature seen across the valley of Oxnop Beck.

Heading down into Swaledale having crossed from Wensleydale.

Looking NW.

This is one of the two "main" roads, from mid-Swaledale to Askrigg in Wensleydale, and if you think it looks a bit narrow, try the far sketchier tiny road on the north side of Oxnop Gill (above the horizon left in this view).... (more)