The Crow Stones, a group of heavily weathered gritstone tors on the Howden Moors.

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Crow Stones on the Howden Moors in the early evening light.

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Some of the distinctive gritstone tors of the Crow Stones on the Howden Moors. Taken just as the light was starting to improve.

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A group of gritstone tors on the Howden Moors in the Upper Derwent Valley.

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The wreckage of Airspeed Consul TF-RPM of Icelandic Airline which crashed 12th April 1951 on Crow Stone Edge. The aircraft was being ferried from Croydon to Iceland via Liverpool and Prestwick. The crew became disorientated in cloud and flew into the Howden Moors, all three on board were killed.
There's more information here on this excellent website: www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/peak-distric...

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