The upstanding blocks of limestone rock, often conserved as “limestone pavements”, with little or no soil. [T.S.]
The flagstones of a limestone pavement, the grykes being the cracks in-between. Products of localized acid erosion acting on existing fissures in the limestone slabs.
Etymology
Middle English: of Scandinavian origin; related to Danish klint ‘cliff’ and Swedish klint ‘summit, cliff’.
Example locations
Newbiggin Crags
Cumbira
Entry contributors:
Tony Smith