Cauldron Snout
Coordinates: 54 ° 39 ′ 14 " N , 2 ° 17 ′ 23" W.
The Cauldron Snout is a rapids on the River Tees in Northern England. Cauldron Snout is on the Cumbria-County Durham border just below the Cow Green Reservoir . Located in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the rapids are considered one of the highlights of the Pennine Way .
The rapids were created when the tea washed through the upper layer of limestone onto the layer of dolerite , known as the Whin Sill , below .
The rapids are elongated and the river falls by a height of 60 m over a distance of 180 m and is therefore not a waterfall because a single large fall is missing d. H. the vertical component is no larger than the horizontal component. The flow of water is regulated by the Cow Green Reservoir.
Legends
It is said that in the late 19th century a young woman from the area drowned herself in the Cauldron Snout when their love affair with a miner broke down. On clear nights you should see the "Singing Lady" sitting on a rock in the moonlight and hear a lament singing about her past love.
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- ^ Roly Smith, The Pennine Way, Frances Lincoln, London, 2011, p. 26 ISBN 978-0711230248 in excerpts from Google Books here
- ^ "Cauldron Snout England's Highest Waterfall"