Fallen Scar

Fallen Scar is a forest in Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh, Richmondshire District, England. Fallen Scar is situated nearby to the village Grinton, as well as near Reeth.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swaledale Museum and Grinton Smelt Mill.

Swaledale Museum

Museum

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Swaledale Museum is a local museum in the village of Reeth, near Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. It covers rural history including life and work in the local area of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Grinton Smelt Mill

Archaeological site

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Grinton Smelt Mill is a ruined lead mining and processing site on Cogden Moor, south of Grinton in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England. The site was built in its present form c. 1820 for the specific purpose of processing lead won by hushing and hydraulic mining.

Maiden Castle

Archaeological site

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Maiden Castle is a settlement in Grinton, North Yorkshire which probably dates from the Iron Age. It is listed as a scheduled monument. The name Maiden Castle is not unique to the site and occurs in several other places in Britain and probably means a "fortification that looks impregnable" or one that has never been taken in battle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reeth and Marrick.

Reeth

Village

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Reeth is a village 11 miles west of Richmond in North Yorkshire, England, in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is the principal settlement of upper Swaledale.

Marrick

Village

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Marrick is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, situated in lower Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the village is approximately 9 miles west of Richmond.