Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PENHILL

PENHILL, an eminence overhanging the lower part of Wensleydale, in N. R. Yorkshire; 5½ miles S W by W of Leyburn. It consists of gritstone, while all thetract for miles around it consists of limestone; and itcommands an extensive view.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "an eminence overhanging the lower part of Wensleydale"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Penhill

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