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Gunnerside Gill

Date ... Friday, 2 May 2008
Distance ... 5.5 miles
Ascent ... 1140 feet
Time ... 2 hours 50 mins
Weather ... 13 ºC, light SW winds, sunny spells, some light showers (pm)
Summits ... None
Start ... Gunnerside village - roadside parking (SD950982) 
Maps ... Ordnance Survey - Outdoor Leisure Nº30 (1:25,000) or Landranger Nº92 (1:50,000)
Books ... Swaledale Walks by Paul Hannon (ISBN 1870141393)


The start of the walk in Gunnerside village

The start of the walk in Gunnerside village

Gunnerside village

Gunnerside village

The lower part of the gill is wooded on both sides

The lower part of the gill is wooded on both sides

Gunnerside Gill

Gunnerside Gill

Gunnerside Gill

Gunnerside Gill

Now where's that stone got to?

Now where's that stone got to?

Gunnerside Gill

Gunnerside Gill

Gunnerside Gill

Gunnerside Gill

Once you reach the first of the mine's the tree's thin out

Once you reach the first of the mine's the tree's thin out

The ruin's of the 'dressing floor' at the Sir Francis mineThe ruin's of the 'dressing floor' at the Sir Francis mine

The ruin's of the 'dressing floor' at the Sir Francis mine

Looking back down the valley at the Sir Francis mine ruins

Looking back down the valley at the Sir Francis mine ruins

Gunnerside Gill

Gunnerside Gill

The ruins of the old Bunting mine

The ruins of the old Bunting mine

Looking up Gunnerside Gill from the Bunting mine

Looking up Gunnerside Gill from the Bunting mine

Bunting mine (the structure in the foreground was where the old water wheel stood)

Bunting mine (the structure in the foreground was where the old water wheel stood)

Gunnerside Gill

Gunnerside Gill

The entrance to the 'Priscilla' level

The entrance to the 'Priscilla' level

Looking up the gill to the Blakethwaite mine, from the entrance to the 'Priscilla' level

Looking up the gill to the Blakethwaite mine, from the entrance to the 'Priscilla' level

The old 'Peat Store' at the Blakethwaite mine (peat was the fuel used for the ore furnaces)

The old 'Peat Store' at the Blakethwaite mine (peat was the fuel used for the ore furnaces)

The ruin's of the Blakethwaite mine

The ruin's of the Blakethwaite mine

Gunnerside Gill

Gunnerside Gill

A more open view of the gill was we walked back along Jingle Pot Edge

A more open view of the gill was we walked back along Jingle Pot Edge

A typical scene in Swaledale with all the old barns in the fields

A typical scene in Swaledale with all the old barns in the fields

Gunnerside village at the end of the walk

Gunnerside village at the end of the walk