Dawson Close

Dawson Close is a fell in Malham Moor, Craven District, England. Dawson Close is situated near the archaeological site Giants’ Graves, as well as near the cave Out Sleets Beck Pot.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Giants’ Graves and Pen-y-ghent.

Giants’ Graves

Archaeological site

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Giants’ Graves is an archaeological site, which is situated 1,900 feet west of Dawson Close.

Pen-y-ghent

Peak

Photo: Tim Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks at 2,277 feet; the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside.

Fountains Fell

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fountains Fell is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The main summit has a height of 668 metres and a relative height or topographic prominence of 243 metres and thus qualifies as a Marilyn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hesleden and Foxup.

Hesleden

Hamlet

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hesleden is a hamlet in Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies within the civil parish of Halton Gill in the county of North Yorkshire. Nether Hesleden is 1.1 miles west of Litton, and Upper Hesleden is a further 1.4 miles west, on the road from Halton Gill to Stainforth. Hesleden is situated 2 miles northeast of Dawson Close.

Foxup

Hamlet

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Foxup is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is near Halton Gill and Litton and is 13 miles north west of Grassington. Foxup is situated 2 miles north of Dawson Close.

Brackenbottom

Hamlet

Brackenbottom is a hamlet in Ribblesdale, near to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is the location of the headquarters of Bradford Potholing Club who own a bunkhouse in the village. Brackenbottom is situated 3 miles west of Dawson Close.

Dawson Close

Type: Fell
Location: Malham Moor, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.1545° or 54° 9′ 16″ north

Longitude

-2.21236° or 2° 12′ 45″ west

Open location code

9C6V5Q3Q+Q3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 427096337

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=fell

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Dawson Close and Dawson Close iron age settlement.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Pen-y-ghent House and Pennegent House.

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