Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ingleborough Mountain

Ingleborough Mountain, N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 8 miles NW. of Settle, alt. 2373 ft.; its base is 30 miles in circuit, and on the summit are traces of an ancient camp. Ingleborough Cave, at south skirt of mountain, is of great extent, and abounds with stalactites, stalagmites, and other natural formations. The cave throughout its entire length is traversed by a streamlet.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "Mountain"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Ingleborough

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