Penhill

Penhill
Highest point
Elevation 553 m (1,814 ft)
Prominence 124 m (407 ft)
Coordinates 54°16′30.8″N 1°56′07.1″W / 54.275222°N 1.935306°W / 54.275222; -1.935306Coordinates: 54°16′30.8″N 1°56′07.1″W / 54.275222°N 1.935306°W / 54.275222; -1.935306 
Geography
Penhill
Location of Penhill in Yorkshire Dales
Location North Yorkshire, England
Parent range Pennines, Yorkshire Dales

Penhill (526 metres high at the trig point, 553 metres at Height of Hazely) is a prominent hill in the Pennines in North Yorkshire, England. It forms a ridge that commands the southern side of Wensleydale and the northern side of Coverdale. Its concave shape was formed during the last ice age, when glaciers carved Wensleydale into a U-shape. The summit plateau has a trig point, small tarns on the peat moor, and, visible from the valley floor, a beacon at its eastern end, part of the large network built to warn of a Spanish invasion.

Penhill is accessed by public footpaths from the village of West Witton, by a bridleway from a minor road between West Witton and Melmerby, or over open access land from the south.

Although Penhill is not a very high hill, its position near the mouth of Wensleydale makes it visible from a considerable distance - from the North York Moors across the Vale of York, as well as from many points in the dale.

Like Pendle Hill, Penhill is a pleonastic name consisting of Brittonic (penn) and Old English (hyll) words for "hill".[1]

References

  1. ↑ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Penhill", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978 0 521 16855 7

Media related to Penhill at Wikimedia Commons

  • "Yorkshire Dales walk - West Witton". Yorkshire Life. 11 August 2014.
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