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Janet's Foss

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Janet's Foss
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Small waterfall carrying Gordale Beck over a limestone outcrop topped by tufa into a deep pool below. The name Janet (sometimes Jennet) is believed to refer to a fairy queen held to inhabit a cave at the rear of the fall. Source: Wikipedia

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Pictures: Carroll Pierce, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; John S Turner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Paul Buckingham, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Martyn Gorman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; DS Pugh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Steve Partridge, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Anthony Foster, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Alexander P Kapp, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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