What is recorded here
Clints Crags is a sea cliff or coastal rock feature composed of Carboniferous limestone, formed approximately 340 to 320 million years ago through the accumulation of marine sediments. It is notable for its exposure of clint and grike landscape, a distinctive weathering pattern common in limestone areas, which provides insight into the region's geological history and processes of chemical weathering.
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Places near here
Ireshope Burn at Clints Crags, with caveCave or cavern · 25 yd
Pool and waterfallWaterfall · 36 yd
Waterfall above Ireshope BurnWaterfall · 509 yd
Noon HillMountain / peak · 1288 yd
Causeway HillMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Boundary stone on the northern slopes of Three PikesMonument or public art · 1.2 mi
Boundary stone, Three PikesMonument or public art · 1.3 mi
Hole PlantationForest · 1.6 mi
Hawkwellhead PlantationForest · 1.8 mi
Low Hawkwell HeadListed building · 1.9 mi
George VI postbox, Front Street, IreshopeburnOld post box · 1.9 mi
Weardale MuseumMuseum · 2.1 miOther information
Photo: Mike Quinn · CC BY-SA 2.0