Travel Reference
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SEVERALS SETTLEMENT
The significance of Severals Settlement cannot be overestimated - it is a most remark-
able place, although it may not look it. Alas, for walkers very little is visible at ground
level - hang gliders would get a better idea. Severals Settlement is a complex of prehis-
toric British villages comprising walls, huts, dykes and pathways. But all you'll see today
are primitive earthworks, raised banks and the vague foundations of former walls.
The site is listed as one of key importance to our understanding of living conditions
thousands of years ago. The remains we see today are sparse, and fully understood
only by those knowledgeable in matters archaeological. Most of the settlement lies to
the south of the wall, though there are traces of two other settlements north of the
wall, overlooking the wooded vale of Scandal Beck.
So, mark your passage with a moment's pause to let your mind run free, back into
time.
Wild Boar Fell from Severals Settlement
Near the old railway building follow a green path to the right, to reach a
gated bridge crossing the line, and turn right (ignoring the low stile on the
right), to continue alongside a fence, then following a curving path des-
cending to Smardale Bridge.
SMARDALE BRIDGE
Smardale Bridge is an ideal spot for a short rest before the final lap to Kirkby Stephen.
The stream here is Scandal Beck, and its banks in spring play host to a wide variety
of wild flowers, among which are dog roses, forget-me-not, herb robert, and monkey
flower, while the stream itself is often covered with great rafts of white-flowered river
water-crowfoot.
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