Bilberry and heather grow amongst the gritstone blocks of this old wall on Hingcliff Common near a little stream called Ratten Gutter at Langsett. We’ve yet to get out there this year so this drawing for my next Dalesman article is from a photograph taken on 5 June last year.
Consisting mainly of sharp, glassy crystals of quartzite, gritstone weathers to produce nutrient-poor, acid soils.