Gordale Scar

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Gordale Scar is a dramatic limestone ravine 1 mile or 1.5 km NE of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It contains two waterfalls and has overhanging limestone cliffs over 100 metres high. The gorge could have been formed by water from melting glaciers or a cavern collapse. The stream flowing through the scar is Gordale Beck, which on leaving the gorge flows over Janet's Foss before joining Malham Beck two miles downstream to form the River Aire. A right of way leads up the gorge, but requires some mild scrambling over tufa at the lower waterfall.

William Wordsworth wrote a sonnet about Gordale Scar; James Ward created a large and imaginative painting of it that can be seen in Tate Britain. J. M. W. Turner also painted a picture of it in 1816, also to be seen in Tate Britain.[1]

  • The entrance to the ravine

  • The first hurdle..

  • The upper waterfall

  • Painting by James Ward

References

  1. ↑ Turner painting, Tate.org
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Coordinates: 54°04′19″N 2°07′51″W / 54.07194°N 2.13083°W / 54.07194; -2.13083


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