High Cup Nick from near Narrowgate Beacon

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Looking down on High Cup Nick from near The Narrowgate Beacon. This spectacular geological feature is a result of glaciation which produced a typical U-shaped valley whose rim is a circle of cliffs known as The Whin Sill. The Whin Sill formed nearly 300 Million years ago is made of Blue Dolerite a hard igneous rock known locally as Whinstone. The feature is actually High Cup, High Cup Nick is where the beck enters at the top left

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Size: 6016px × 4016px
Location: Europe UK England Cumbria Dufton High Cup Nick
Photo credit: © Tom Richardson Cumbria / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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