Gordale Scar is a limestone ravine north-east of Malham, North Yorkshire, England.[ It contains two and has overhanging limestone cliffs over high. The gorge could have been formed by water from melting or a cavern collapse. The stream flowing through the scar is Gordale Beck,]
Gordale Scar is situated within the protected area: Malham-Arncliffe.
Notable visitors
William Wordsworth wrote in the sonnet Gordale, "let thy feet repair to Gordale chasm, terrific as the lair where the young lions couch".[
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James Ward created a large and imaginative painting[
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Colin Tudge references this feature and James Ward's painting in his book The Time Before History.
The waterfall was used as an exterior filming location in the 1982 film The Dark Crystal. Goredale Scar appears in the Netflix series The Witcher (S2 E3: "What is Lost").
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See also
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List of waterfalls
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List of waterfalls in England
