Gledhow Beck

20522tay · Post by **20522tay** » Sun 01 Apr, 2007 6:34 pm

My map shows this to be Gledhow Beck but the stonework suggests a manmade structure can anyone help

20522tay · Post by **20522tay** » Sun 01 Apr, 2007 6:35 pm

Another photo, what was the point of this work

simon2710 · Post by **simon2710** » Tue 03 Apr, 2007 5:36 pm

I have also seen this strange wall tht runs parallel to another. It looks as if a stream or river may have run down here or perhaps it was once a road.

20522tay · Post by **20522tay** » Tue 03 Apr, 2007 6:21 pm

I think it is to do with the water course as it leads directly into the second photo where the water today is a lot deaper

boyo · Post by **boyo** » Mon 14 May, 2007 10:55 pm

The bottom image looks to show a v-notch, which is a method of finding out the amount of water passing along the beck. The small cut in the dam is of a certain dimension, and the higher the water is pasing through the v-notch, the more flow, and because the v-notch dimensions are known, the flow can be worked out in the units of litres/gallons of flow per minute along the beck. The walls you show are probably to stop erosion when the beck is running high.

TomD · Post by **TomD** » Tue 15 May, 2007 12:26 pm

of course there are also the old buildings which seem like some sort of old mill.also, i noticed the other day that there was quite a narrow track, walled on each side and cut into the hill, leading quite steeply up into the woods on the chapel allerton side of the beck.

simon2710 · Post by **simon2710** » Sat 19 May, 2007 2:11 pm

Have a look on www.fgvw.co.ukAlso, you can try and E-Mail Adam Bull who is the leader/chairman of FGVW.