The village of Gunnerside has some of the best farming scenery we saw in Yorkshire. Next to the village is a small area of fields packed with stone barns and criss-crossed stone walls. We saw a great number of stone barns and stone walls in Yorkshire, but this place had the best combination of the two. The name of the village derives from an Old Norse personal name Gunnar and sætr meaning hill or pasture. The village is located within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. During the early summer, these fields are covered in buttercups. Other examples of stone barns and walls are shown below.
