Austwick Beck Head

Austwick Beck rises at Austwick Beck Head in Crummackdale.

This is the main resurgence for the streams entering potholes on the Allotment on the southern flanks of Ingleborough, flowing through cave systems which have been formed in the Great Scar Limestone.

At the base of the porous limestone the water meets impermeable rock, and is forced to the surface following its underground journey at resurgences such as Austwick Beck Head.

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