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 Settle
is a small market town within the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England.
Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and located in Ribblesdale,
the town lies at the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, and is best known for
its railway station which is at the southern end of the scenic Settle to
Carlisle Railway.
The district includes several caves where prehistoric remains have been found,
the most notable being Victoria Cave, so called because it was discovered on
Queen Victoria's coronation day in 1838. Victoria Cave contained remains of
mammoth, bear, reindeer and hippopotamus as well as stones, flint, bone and
other implements and ornaments. The discovery of flint is noteworthy since it is
not a substance that is found naturally in the area; it would probably have been
used for arrowheads.
Other points of interest are Malham Cove and tarn, the ravine of Gordale Scar,
the cliffs of Attermire, Giggleswick Scar and Castleberg (the last immediately
above Settle itself), the Clapham and Weathercote caves, the chasm of Hell Pot
and the waterfall of Stainforth Force (pronounced in the local dialect as
'Stainforth Foss').*
*information from Wikipedia
Settle is twinned with Banyuls-sur-Mer in France.
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