Red Sike snakes down to the reservoir:: OS grid NY8129 :: Geograph British Isles

NY8129 : Red Sike snakes down to the reservoir

4 km from Harwood, County Durham, Great Britain

Red Sike snakes down to the reservoir

Named because the high proportion of iron in the rocks of the Great Whin Sill, over which the sike runs, results in a red tinge to the rocks in the stream.

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2008

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Grid Square: NY8129, 14 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Carol Rose (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 4 May, 2008 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 10 May, 2008
Category: Sike (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: NY 815 295 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:39.6256N 2:17.2141W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NY 816 295
View Direction: WEST (about 270 degrees)