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The Howgill Fells are hills in Northern England between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales, lying roughly in between the vertices of a triangle made by the towns of Sedbergh, Kirkby Stephen and Tebay.〔(The Howgill Fells in Cumbria ) ''www.visitcumbria.com''〕 The name Howgill derives from the Old Norse word ''haugr'' meaning a hill or barrow, plus ''gil'' meaning a narrow valley.〔(Name Origin Research )〕 ==Geography and geology== The fells are bounded by the River Lune (and the M6 motorway to the west), to the north by upper reaches of the River Lune, and to the east by the River Rawthey.〔Northern England , Graham Uney , Cicerone Press Limited , 2002 , Chapter 19 "The Howgill Fells" , p.160 , (google books preview )〕 Unlike the Carboniferous Limestone Yorkshire Dales they are made of Ordovician and Silurian slates and gritstones.〔(The Howgill Fells ) ''www.yorkshire-dales.com''〕 The Howgill Fells include two Marilyns: The Calf - and Yarlside - and a number of smaller peaks, including five Hewitts. Parts of the southern Howgill Fells lie within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, though they have been within the modern county of Cumbria〔 since the county boundary changes in 1974.〔(Howgill Fell : topography ) ''penrithramblers.oeg.uk''〕 They were originally shared by the West Riding of Yorkshire and Westmorland〔(Cumbria ) ''www.outofoblivion.org.uk''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howgill Fells」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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