Fell Beck
| Fell Beck | |
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| File:Fell Beck - geograph.org.uk - 547084.jpg Fell Beck above Gaping Gill | |
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| Progression | Wenning, Lune |
| River system | Lune |
Fell Beck is a stream near the foot of Ingleborough, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is notable for running into Gaping Gill, the second-largest natural cave shaft in the UK (after Titan).[1] As it falls down the shaft for 110 metres it is the tallest unbroken waterfall in the UK.[2] At times it is blocked off by a temporary dam to allow members of the public to descend the Gaping Gill shaft on a winch.[3]
It later emerges as Clapham Beck in Beck Head Cave, adjacent to Ingleborough Cave. This was confirmed by cave divers in 1983, and by fluorescent dye tests many years before.[2] Beyond the village of Clapham, Clapham Beck flows into the River Wenning, which in turn flows into the River Lune and thence to the Irish Sea.[4]
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