It is more a long cataract than a waterfall, and at 200 yards (180 m) long, reckoned to be the longest waterfall in England.
It is impressive by the scale of the British landscape, and attracts a lot of visitors, despite the 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) walk from the nearest car park (at Cow Green Reservoir). No fee is payable as of 2020[update]. The Pennine Way takes in Cauldron Snout.
The falls are caused by the upper Tees passing over dolerite steps of the Whin Sill.
In Art and LiteratureEdit
An engraving of a painting of the cataract by Thomas Allom was published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835 with a poetical illustration thereon by Letitia Elizabeth Landon,[1]
In W H Auden’s long poem ’Letter to Elizabeth Meyer’ published in 1941 he looks back to the impact this part of England had on him during family holidays in Weardale:
” Always my boyhood wish returns
To those peat-stained deserted burns
That feed the Wear and Tyne and Tees,
And, turning states to strata, sees
How basalt long oppressed broke out
In wild revolt at Cauldron Snout”
ReferencesEdit
^Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1834). "picture and poetical illustration". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835. Fisher, Son & Co.
External linksEdit
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
'Caldron Snout.—Westmorland', a poetical illustration by L. E. L.
cauldron, snout, cascade, upper, reaches, river, tees, northern, england, immediately, below, green, reservoir, well, upstream, high, force, waterfall, boundary, between, county, durham, cumbria, historically, westmorland, england, waterfall, lies, within, nor. Cauldron Snout is a cascade on the upper reaches of the River Tees in Northern England immediately below the dam of the Cow Green Reservoir It is well upstream of the High Force waterfall and is on the boundary between County Durham and Cumbria historically Westmorland England The waterfall lies within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty AONB and European Geopark Cauldron SnoutLooking downstreamLocationCounty Durham Cumbria Westmorland EnglandTotal height60 mIt is more a long cataract than a waterfall and at 200 yards 180 m long reckoned to be the longest waterfall in England It is impressive by the scale of the British landscape and attracts a lot of visitors despite the 3 kilometre 1 9 mi walk from the nearest car park at Cow Green Reservoir No fee is payable as of 2020 update The Pennine Way takes in Cauldron Snout The falls are caused by the upper Tees passing over dolerite steps of the Whin Sill In Art and Literature EditAn engraving of a painting of the cataract by Thomas Allom was published in Fisher s Drawing Room Scrap Book 1835 with a poetical illustration thereon by Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1 In W H Auden s long poem Letter to Elizabeth Meyer published in 1941 he looks back to the impact this part of England had on him during family holidays in Weardale Always my boyhood wish returnsTo those peat stained deserted burnsThat feed the Wear and Tyne and Tees And turning states to strata seesHow basalt long oppressed broke outIn wild revolt at Cauldron Snout References Edit Landon Letitia Elizabeth 1834 picture and poetical illustration Fisher s Drawing Room Scrap Book 1835 Fisher Son amp Co External links Edit nbsp Wikisource has original text related to this article Caldron Snout Westmorland a poetical illustration by L E L Moor House Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve Explore North Pennines Teesdale permanent dead link Map sources for Cauldron Snout Walk to Cauldron Snout nbsp Media related to Cauldron Snout at Wikimedia Commons 54 39 14 N 2 17 23 W 54 65395 N 2 28980 W 54 65395 2 28980 nbsp This County Durham location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Cumbria location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cauldron Snout amp oldid 1169220064, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
