fern-screened

Updated: May 4, 2025

Above, the valley narrows almost to a gorge, with scarps of limestone, grey and red-streaked, jutting sheer over its alder beds and fern-screened waterfalls; and so zigzags up to the mill and hamlet of Ipplewell, beyond which spread the moors.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Two Sides of the Face: Midwinter Tales