Claim: The Trout Beck 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 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.