Gordon Derry's Photo Gallery
View of Birk Gill from Brae Fell
This is a view of the entrance to the Birk Gill adit, taken across the Dale Beck, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, from just below the Brae Fell dumps.
Birk Gill adit
Entrance to old Birk Gill workings.
View from Dale Beck just below Red Gill
Roughton Gill from the Dale Beck valley.
Dale Beck annotated to include the closest sites of interest.
Photo of Caldbeck Fells \
Brae Fell main dumps
Brae Fell dumps.
Entry to the Caldbeck Fells
Photo of the gate barring vehicular entry to the Fells, located at Fellside, Cumbria (incl closeup of note posted on the gate).
Approach to Red Gill
Red Gill, showing from left to right, 1st or lower level, 2nd or Dutch Level, and upper level dumps.
FUE-2VCActinolite ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Well defined, dark green, radiating crystals to 2cm. Overall size of specimen, approx 8cm. Specimen collected from road cuttings adjacent to A890.
RME-V1TPrehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Prehnite spheres, largest 23mm across. Found May 12th 2002, Loanhead Quarry.
YJD-3TUQuartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) SiO2
Small Smoky Quartz nodule from Ardownie Quarry, approx 10cm across
