Gordale Scar
Gordale Scar is a limestone ravine 1 mile or 1.5 km northeast of Malham, North Yorkshire, England.[1] 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.
Notable visitors
William Wordsworth wrote in the sonnet Gordale, "let thy feet repair to Gordale chasm, terrific as the lair where the young lions couch".[2]
James Ward created a large and imaginative painting [1] 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.[3]
Image gallery
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Gordale scar from bottom.jpg
The entrance to the ravine
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The first hurdle..
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Goredale scar waterfall.jpg
The upper waterfall
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Painting by James Ward
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