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Red Screes

hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 779m

WainwrightMarilynBirkettHewittNuttall
Old EnglishAI-generated

Red Screes describes a slope covered in reddish loose rock or gravel. 'Scree' refers to this type of geological feature.

Word origins

Red
Old Englishred(from rēad "red")
Screes
Old Norseloose rock, gravel(from skriða "sliding, scree")