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Lane crossing Arn Gill, looking south, from the B6282 to the B6279 Kinninvie.

There is almost no stream in the valley, which has been cut quite deeply, leaving rocky sides. Whilst this is partly explained by the apparent capture of Redmire Gill, which used to flow this way, that would still be nowhere near a big... (more)

The heather moorland has recently been burnt to help the regeneration of heather shoots for the grouse and sheep to eat.

View towards Jagger Hill.

Peatmoor Crag seen across the shallow, upper valley of Arn Gill. This is the highest buttress of the discontinuous band of crags in late summer with bracken below and flowering heather above. The surrounding vegetation in winter has a very... (more)

A deeply cut valley with a tiny 'misfit' stream flowing down from near Peatmoor Crag. One of several glacial meltwater channels on the hillsides to the north of Barnard Castle.

Seen from Langleydale Common. In the distance is Langley Viaduct NZ0622 which was built to carry the Bishop Auckland to Barnard Castle Railway (1863-1962) (see NZ0622 : Langley Viaduct).

Arn Gill is fed almost entirely from a series of springs on the slopes on the left of the valley, and is a stream far too small to have cut the valley which it now occupies as a narrow channel with almost no tributaries for the next five... (more)

The drive, which also acts as a public footpath, takes walkers from Billy Lane to East House.

Looking south west.

Arn Gill viewed from a minor road which crosses it heading south for Kinninvie. The apparently dense plantation on the south side of the gill, (left in the image), is just a narrow shelter belt and the ridge it occupies is known as Jagger... (more)