Claim: The Trout Beck, a fast flowing stream of the Lake District in North West England, skirts Hird Wood on its eastern side before subsuming Hagg Gill at the 460 feet (140 m) contour, then this latter tributary drains the fells around the course of the old Roman road.
Evidence: The Trout Beck is a fast flowing stream of the Lake District in North West England. The engorged Trout Beck then skirts Hird Wood on its eastern side before subsuming Hagg Gill at the 460 feet (140 m) contour. This latter tributary drains the fells around the course of the old Roman road.