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The fell is crossed by many high wire-topped dry-stone walls, which can make attaining the highest point of the fell awkward. Routes to the summit start at Muker, Thwaite and Keld and the bridleway should be used to attain the summit plateau where it joins a high wall that can be followed north to
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to transport bodies for burial in consecrated ground lower down the valley, crosses the fell on the western side at a height of 470 metres. Kisdon lies within a band of
Yoredale limestone. It is on Kisdon that the band attains its maximum thickness of 40 metres.
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Kisdon was named by early Norse settlers and it has Kisdon Farm on the southern slopes above Straw Beck. The Fell is unusual in that it is an isolated area of high ground with no ridges connecting it to other fells. This came about at the end of the last
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on the west side of the fell and diverted it to its present course, forming a gorge to the east and leaving Kisdon isolated from other high ground. Kisdon's isolation gives it the status of a
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Another unusual feature of Kisdon is that it has no official footpath to the highest point even though it is crossed by two busy rights of way high up on the fell. One of these is the
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grassland growing on limestone rock supporting exceptional and varied botanical species. The steepest of the enclosures has a considerable population of
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the summit of the fell, which is marked by a substantial
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The western side of Kisdon has been designated as a
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467:Gives details of Yoredale limestone.
18:Mountain in North Yorkshire, England
395:Site of Special Scientific Interest
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483:(SSSI Citation). Natural England
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389:Scar Closes, Kisdon Side SSSI
262:Yorkshire Dales National Park
1358:Peaks of the Yorkshire Dales
1186:8. Southern Yorkshire Dales
1130:7. Northern Yorkshire Dales
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478:"Scar Closes, Kisdon Side"
458:www.yorkshiredales.org.uk.
435:(early purple orchid) and
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445:References and footnotes
289:left by the retreating
529:Hills of the Northern
429:(limestone bedstraw),
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1305:10. Forest of Bowland
1233:Great Knoutberry Hill
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276:Geography and history
1272:9. North York Moors
766:2. Northern Lakeland
116:54.39357°N 2.15859°W
1353:Marilyns of England
1162:Nine Standards Rigg
986:5. Eastern Lakeland
797:3. Western Lakeland
700:of Northern England
572:Nine Standards Rigg
417:(blue moor grass),
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1281:Bishop Wilton Wold
1147:Great Shunner Fell
552:Great Shunner Fell
463:2007-07-13 at the
404:Juniperus communis
363:Great Shunner Fell
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256:situated in upper
239:Outdoor Leisure 30
121:54.39357; -2.15859
75:Great Shunner Fell
41:Highest point
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1092:6. North Pennines
1033:Hutton Roof Crags
890:Southern Lakeland
706:1. Northumberland
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414:Sesleria albicans
337:Ascent and summit
316:between Keld and
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1286:Cringle Moor
1243:Ingleborough
1203:Buckden Pike
1167:Rogan's Seat
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967:Scafell Pike
937:Illgill Head
577:Rogan's Seat
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485:. Retrieved
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1248:Pen-y-ghent
1213:Cracoe Fell
1121:Mickle Fell
1116:Dufton Pike
1063:Seat Sandal
1028:High Street
1018:Hallin Fell
942:Kirkby Moor
917:Harter Fell
897:Black Combe
844:Lord's Seat
824:Great Gable
748:Tosson Hill
743:Sighty Crag
713:The Cheviot
649:Other hills
640:Wether Fell
635:Swarth Fell
625:Little Fell
567:Lovely Seat
367:Lovely Seat
322:corpse road
306:Pennine Way
295:River Swale
250:Kisdon Hill
231:Landrangers
119: /
94:Coordinates
70:Parent peak
1347:Categories
1332:White Hill
1228:Great Coum
1198:Birks Fell
1137:Baugh Fell
1111:Cross Fell
1094:and Durham
1083:Whitbarrow
1053:Red Screes
1048:Place Fell
932:Holme Fell
922:High Raise
912:Hard Knott
879:Watch Hill
834:High Stile
804:Blake Fell
778:Blencathra
547:Baugh Fell
399:Calcareous
348:shake hole
104:54°23′37″N
57:Prominence
1363:Swaledale
1296:Urra Moor
1263:Whernside
1258:Sharp Haw
1106:Cold Fell
1073:Tarn Crag
1023:Helvellyn
998:Fairfield
927:High Rigg
869:Seatallan
854:Mellbreak
839:Kirk Fell
809:Dale Head
728:Peel Fell
723:Long Crag
620:High Seat
615:Fell Head
487:24 August
314:bridleway
285:when the
258:Swaledale
147:Geography
141:Old Norse
107:2°09′31″W
47:Elevation
1208:Calf Top
1177:Yarlside
1142:The Calf
1078:Wansfell
977:Whitfell
874:Swinside
864:Robinson
849:Low Fell
819:Grasmoor
733:Ros Hill
698:Marilyns
592:Yarlside
582:The Calf
539:Marilyns
461:Archived
237:Explorer
223:Topo map
215:SD898998
202:Pennines
788:Skiddaw
610:Calders
602:Hewitts
409:ice age
299:Marilyn
291:glacier
287:moraine
283:Ice age
270:England
260:in the
252:, is a
209:OS grid
183:England
87:Marilyn
82:Listing
1157:Kisdon
859:Pillar
773:Binsey
656:Winder
562:Kisdon
246:Kisdon
233:92, 98
172:Kisdon
132:Naming
24:Kisdon
1152:Hoove
783:Knott
557:Hoove
481:(PDF)
344:cairn
318:Muker
64:184 m
814:Dent
489:2020
381:and
365:and
310:Keld
254:fell
264:in
235:OS
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